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Dr. Jamie Woodock from Open University UK, author of Marx at the Arcade joins me in a discussion about Marxism and video games. Is there a Marxist analysis of video games? How is it possible to conduct one? Does a game need to reference clear, typical Marxist terms for it to be worth of a Marxist analysis? There are even more questions uncovered in this episode, so listen closely.

References

Jamie Woodcock - Marx At The Arcade <https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1319-marx-at-the-arcade>

Games of Empire - Global Capitalism and Video Games <https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/games-of-empire>

Spawn Point Podcast (I accidentally called it Spawn On Me, which is another podcast that you should check out): <https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spawnpoint/id1471512530>

Every Game Makes a Statement by Radu Stochita (me, heey): <https://bowdoinreview.com/2020/12/07/every-game-makes-a-statement/>

Game Developers must avoid the "wage-slave" attitude - by Alex St. John <https://venturebeat.com/2016/04/16/game-developers-must-avoid-the-wage-slave-attitude/>

How Bioware's Anthem Went Wrong <https://kotaku.com/how-biowares-anthem-went-wrong-1833731964>

What is happening with video game sales during coronavirus <https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-03-28-what-is-happening-with-video-game-sales-during-coronavirus>

Gaming sales almost up to $180bn <https://twitter.com/GameSpot/status/1341911521157402625>

Microsoft buys Fallout creator for $7.5bn (I am sorry, I have claimed it to be $10bn. It was a mistake) <https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=microsoft+buys+bethesda&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8>

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S1E11 - Marx at the Arcade w. Dr. Jamie Woodcock