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Gamer Nation: Video Games and American Culture
By John Wills
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By John Wills
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Explores how games actively influence the ways people interpret and relate to American life.
In 1975, design engineer Dave Nutting completed work on a new arcade machine. A version of Taito's Western Gun, a recent Japanese arcade machine, Nutting's Gun Fight depicted a classic showdown between gunfighters. Rich in Western folklore, the game seemed perfect for the American market; players easily adapted to the new technology, becoming pistolwielding pixel cowboys. One of the first successful...