Joystick warriors video games, violence & militarism

Sorkin, Roger, (film producer,, film director,, editor of moving image work.). Jhally, Sut, (film producer,, screenwriter,, editor of moving image work.). Alexander, Leigh, (commentator.). Anderson, Craig, (commentator.). Bacevich, Andrew J., (commentator.). Huntemann, Nina, (commentator.). Losh, Elizabeth M. (Elizabeth Mathews), (commentator.). Payne, Matthew Thomas, (commentator.). Thompson, K. C. (Kenneth Clive), 1944- (commentator.). Media Education Foundation (Added Author). Commentary: Leigh Alexander, Craig Anderson, Andrew Bacevich, Nina Huntemann, Sut Jhally, Elizabeth Losh, Matt Payne, Clive Thompson. (Cast).

Summary: "For years, there has been widespread speculation, but very little consensus, about the relationship between violent video games and violence in the real world. Joystick Warriors provides the clearest account yet of the latest research on this issue. Drawing on the insights of media scholars, military analysts, combat veterans, and gamers themselves, the film trains its sights on the wildly popular genre of first-person shooter games, exploring how the immersive experience they offer links up with the larger stories we tell ourselves as a culture about violence, militarism, guns, and manhood. Along the way, it examines the game industry's longstanding working relationship with the US military and the American gun industry, and offers a riveting examination of the games themselves -- showing how they work to sanitize, glamorize, and normalize violence while cultivating dangerously regressive attitudes and ideas about masculinity and militarism"--Media Education Foundation website.

Record details

ISBN: 1932869832
ISBN: 9781932869835
Physical Description: videorecording (DVD)
videodisc
1 videodisc (56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Northhampton, Mass. : Media Education Foundation, ©2013.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally produced as a documentary in 2013.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction (2:25) -- The bottom line (6:52) -- Risk factors (6:43) -- Violence, cruelty & pleasure (6:10) -- Guns and games (5:39) -- Military entertainment complex (3:53) -- War as fantasy (6:41) -- Games of empire (4:55) -- Cultivating fear (4:29) -- No girls allowed (5:20) -- No reality allowed (4:38).
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Editors: Roger Sorkin, Sut Jhally.
Participant or Performer Note:	Commentary: Leigh Alexander, Craig Anderson, Andrew Bacevich, Nina Huntemann, Sut Jhally, Elizabeth Losh, Matt Payne, Clive Thompson.
System Details Note:	DVD, NTSC; region 1.
Language Note:	In English with optional English subtitles.