Hollywood Gamers: Digital Convergence in the Film and Video Game Industries

by Robert Alan Brookey

Book Overview

For years, major film studios have licensed products related to their most popular films; video game spin-offs have become an important part of these licensing practices. Where blockbuster films are concerned, the video game release has become the rule rather than the exception. In Hollywood Gamers, Robert Alan Brookey explores the business conditions and technological developments that have facilitated the convergence of the film and video...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253222311
• ISBN13: 9780253222312
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 8.7"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher