PLAY UP AND PLAY THE GAME! THE NARRATIVE OF WAR GAMES

‘There’s a breathless hush in the Close to-night –’… ten players are facing their greatest opponent. They have come well armed, equipped with a variety of different skills and abilities, all honed to perfection from hours of fighting in hostile terrain and from the battlegrounds of the world. Their...

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Published inThe Edinburgh Companion to Twentieth-Century British and American War Literature p. 544
Main Author Esther MacCallum-Stewart
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Edinburgh University Press 07.03.2012
Subjects
Anthropology
Applied anthropology
Applied philosophy
Armed conflict
Arts
Avatars
Awards
Battlefields
Behavioral sciences
Communications
Cultural anthropology
Cultural customs
Divine incarnation
Electronic games
Games
Leisure studies
Literary genres
Literature
Massively multiplayer online role playing games
Military exercises
Military preparedness
Military science
Narrative poetry
Narratives
Online games
Philosophy
Philosophy of religion
Poetry
Political science
Recreation
Social sciences
War
War theaters
Warfare
Wargames
World wars
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Summary:‘There’s a breathless hush in the Close to-night –’… ten players are facing their greatest opponent. They have come well armed, equipped with a variety of different skills and abilities, all honed to perfection from hours of fighting in hostile terrain and from the battlegrounds of the world. Their raid leader has spent fifteen minutes briefing them on the upcoming fight. Her second in command types instructions into the party chat channel so that the non-English players can understand the rapid conversation, flagging each target with a raid mark. Group one are to move to the left, group two to
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