Demonstrates that a new genre of video games arises from the American experience of 9/11. The representations reflect reshaped notions of the (sub)urban spaces, identity and the role of the citizen as a consumer and as a producer of culture. Ouellette and Thompson combine semiotic and rhetorical analysis to bridge the gap between the narratology and ludology strands of game studies.
Marc A. Ouellette is Assistant Professor of English at Old Dominion University, USA and is an active members of the Learning Games Initiative. He lives in Norfolk, Virginia.