Play Fighting: The Real-world Violence of Videogames

In the midst of the seemingly never-ending debate over whether videogames cause violent behaviour, the structural links between game production and weapon development, military recruitment and international resource-based conflict are often overlooked. As Jini Maxwell outlines, these relationships are as multifarious as they are disturbing.

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