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The third name. Sovereign capital, political co-investment, and the Electronic Arts acquisition
EA Sports
m&a
strategic-dependencies
Same Dollar, Two Different Markets. The short loop that makes Chinese spending deeper, and why it does not travel
digital sociology
games market intelligence
china - usa
Asymmetric integration and hybrid governance in the Iranian videogame industry
iran gaming ecosystem
asymmetric integration
hybrid governance
Imagination Without Infrastructure. Russia, Patriotic Video Games, Counter-Strike, Platform Dependence
Platform Dependence
Narrative Sovereignty
Game Infrastructure
The Rule Behind Political Influence in Gaming
gaming, elections & attention
trust layer & creator power
game-mediated influence
Black Myth: Wukong, between the digital Silk Road and domestic community narratives
Part of the upcoming Lyingflat paper series.
cultural controversy
politicized reception
chinese soft power
sino-futurism
gaming identity
From living room to cloud: the transformation of the structural paradigm
from console to mobile
digital sovereignty
From gross national cool to gaming foreign policy: videogames and Japan’s cultural projection
pop culture diplomacy
nation branding
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