Ben Waber hat Marx at the Arcade von Jamie Woodcock besprochen
A Good Sociological Introduction
4 Sterne
This is a solid sociological investigation of video games and the video games industry, examining their production, distribution, and consumption. The analysis and history doesn't go too deep here, but the high level overview here is probably enough for a general audience. If you're already familiar with the industry and play video games the most insightful sections will probably be the qualitative look at game production, which includes interviews and interactions with labor organizations. Since I've played most of the games mentioned in the book I'm not sure how much mileage most people will get out of the second half of the book that critically analyzes them, but for me at least it was thought provoking to revisit them. Highly recommend