The Military Entertainment Complex

The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 20, 2013

Drawing on his research into literacy, Corey Mead, an assistant professor of English at Baruch College, City University of New York, and author of War Play: Video Games and the Future of Armed Conflict, explores the links between the video game industry and the US military and how this plays out in public schools.

Excerpt: War Play: Video Games and the Future of Armed Conflict

From the book War Play: Video Games and the Future of Armed Conflict. Copyright (c) 2013 by Corey Mead. Reprinted by permission of Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

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