02806nam a2200325 i 4500 ssj0002800783 WaSeSS 20260515115014.0 m d cr n 220628s2023 maua sb 001 0 eng d 2022030010 9780262545402 (paperback) 9780262374149 (epub) 9780262374132 (pdf) DLC eng DLC WaSeSS English pcc HD9993.E452 K46 2023 Keogh, Brendan. 27096 The videogame industry does not exist : why we should think beyond commercial game production / Brendan Keogh. Cambridge, Massachusett : The MIT Press, [2023] xi, 254 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Includes bibliographical references and index. From videogame Industry to videogame fields — Videogame production in Australia — Getting by in the videogame gig economy — Enrolling students into the field — Embedding gamemaking skills — Scenes and communities — From videogame field to videogame industries The precarious reality of videogame production beyond the corporate blockbuster studios of North America. The videogame industry, we're invariably told, is a multibillion-dollar, high-tech business conducted by large corporations in North America, Europe, and East Asia. But, in reality, most videogames today are made by small clusters of people working on shoestring budgets, relying on existing, freely available software platforms, and hoping, often in vain, to rise to stardom—in short, people working like artists. Aiming squarely at this disconnect between perception and reality, The Videogame Industry Does Not Exist presents a more accurate and nuanced picture of how the vast majority of videogame-makers work. Drawing on insights from over 400 game developers, Brendan Keogh develops a new framework for understanding videogame production as a cultural field in all its complexity. Part-time hobbyists, aspirational students, client-facing contractors, struggling independents, artist collectives, and tightly knit local scenes—all have a place within this model. But proponents of non-commercial game-making don't exist in isolation; Keogh shows how they and their commercial counterparts are deeply interconnected and codependent in the field of videogame production. A cultural intervention, The Videogame Industry Does Not Exist challenges core assumptions about videogame production and reveals the diverse and precarious communities, identities, and approaches that make it a significant cultural practice. Video games industry 27087 Video game designers Interviews. lcc 0 0 lcc 0 0 TBS TBS 2026-05-15 0 HD9993.E452 KEO 2026-05-15 1 2026-05-15 1 SOON AVAILABLE 5471 5471