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Endangered Gamers: The Subculture of Retro Video Game Collectors and the Threat of Digital Media

Minniear, Kayla
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1719189357543548

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2024, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, Popular Culture.
Retro video game collecting has seen an increase in popularity in the recent decade, however, with the increase in popularity of digital gaming and digital media the retro video game collectors are an endangered subculture of the video gaming industry due to the increase in digital gaming and the disappearance of the physical commodity. This research takes an autoethnographic approach and uses theories such as, Pierre Bourdieu’s theories regarding capital and the field, Karl Marx’s theory of commodity, and Ray Oldenburg’s theory of the Third Place to explain the importance of this subculture and why retro video game collecting is worth researching.
Kristen Rudisill, Ph.D (Committee Chair)
Jeremy Wallach, Ph.D (Committee Member)
103 p.
Epistemology
gaming; retro videogames; videogames; retro; collecting; subculture; digital media; capital; third place; video games; video gaming; retrogaming; triforce; physical commodity; collectors; popular culture; game culture; video game; videogames; grading; preservation;

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  • Minniear, K. (2024). Endangered Gamers: The Subculture of Retro Video Game Collectors and the Threat of Digital Media [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1719189357543548

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Minniear, Kayla. Endangered Gamers: The Subculture of Retro Video Game Collectors and the Threat of Digital Media. 2024. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1719189357543548.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Minniear, Kayla. "Endangered Gamers: The Subculture of Retro Video Game Collectors and the Threat of Digital Media." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2024. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1719189357543548

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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