Index

Acknowledgments		vii	
Introduction: Games in the Age of Empire		xi	

I Game Engine: Labor, Capital, Machine

Immaterial Labor: A Workers' History of Videogaming   3	
Cognitive Capitalism: Electronic Arts   35	
Machinic Subjects: The Xbox and Its Rivals   69	

II Gameplay: Virtual/Actual

Banal War: Full Spectrum Warrior   97	
Biopower Play: World of Warcraft   123	
Imperial City: Grand Theft Auto   153	

III New Game?

Games of Multitude   185	
Exodus: The Metaverse and the Mines   215	
Notes   231	
References   239	
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