Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Welcome to Ludic War 1
5. 1. Nintendo War 2.0: Toward a New Modality of Ludic War Play 35
6. 2. The First-Personal Shooter: Narrative Subjectivity and Sacrificial Citizenship in the Modern Warfare Series 69
7. 3. Fighting the Good (Preemptive) Fight: American Exceptionalism in Tom Clancy’s Military Shooters 95
8. 4. Through a Drone, Darkly: Visions of Dystopic Ludic War 116
9. 5. Marketing Military Realism: Selling the Gameplay Modality of Ludic War 145
10. 6. Promotion of Self in Everyday Strife: Gaming Capital of the Ludic Soldier 170
11. Conclusion: The Ludification of War Culture 201
12. Notes 213
13. Gameography 243
14. Bibliography 247
15. Index 265
16. About the Author 273