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How has the Internet Evolved the Videogame Medium?

How has the Internet Evolved the Videogame Medium?

Kostas Anagnostou
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 15
ISBN13: 9781609605674|ISBN10: 1609605675|EISBN13: 9781609605681
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-567-4.ch027
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Anagnostou, Kostas. "How has the Internet Evolved the Videogame Medium?." Business, Technological, and Social Dimensions of Computer Games: Multidisciplinary Developments, edited by Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha, et al., IGI Global, 2011, pp. 448-462. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-567-4.ch027

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Anagnostou, K. (2011). How has the Internet Evolved the Videogame Medium?. In M. Cruz-Cunha, V. Varvalho, & P. Tavares (Eds.), Business, Technological, and Social Dimensions of Computer Games: Multidisciplinary Developments (pp. 448-462). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-567-4.ch027

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Anagnostou, Kostas. "How has the Internet Evolved the Videogame Medium?." In Business, Technological, and Social Dimensions of Computer Games: Multidisciplinary Developments, edited by Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha, Vitor Hugo Varvalho, and Paula Tavares, 448-462. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2011. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-567-4.ch027

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Abstract

In this chapter we review and discuss the impact of mass adoption of the Internet and its assorted technologies is having on the evolution of the videogame medium. Specifically, we reflect on how the Internet has enabled the creation of novel game platforms and types, triggered the improvement of game development process, expanded the game audience and increased innovation in game creation. Crucially, the Internet has transformed videogames into a massive socialization platform with far reaching consequences into society and economy.

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