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Week four
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- 2. Week Four: How - Brief history to study - Why study a a videogame? videogame. - Modes of analysis
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- 16. Who plays games? How much are they worth? 93% of households $1.7 billion 63% of which have a console in Australia in 2010 32 is the average age of an Australian gamer US$75 billion Context globally and they have been playing for more than 12 years more than the music and film industries combined Avatar took $2.7 billion at the box office but World of Warcraft has made +$1 billion 47% female 53% male every year since 2004 Source: Digital Australia Report 2012 (Bond University)
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- 21. Videogames can be: texts designs systems actions situations
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