Shame on you if you have not read at least some of Dmitri Williams’s phd dissertation Trouble in River City: The Social Life of Video Games (note 11MB!) or the rather shorter The Video Game Lightning Rod: Constructions of a New Media Technology, 1970-2000.
But you’re in luck. This week Dmitri was interviewed on Michigan Radio’s State Side program. It’s a great interview where Dmitri talks about the social role and effects of video games and will be of interest to anyone that wants to take the subject ‘very seriously’ i.e. his comments are balanced and research based. The interview is here (requires Real).
Interesting interview, Dmitri. I like the thesis better, tho. :-)
Posted by: greglas | Apr 07, 2004 at 22:24