Mukherjee, Souvik. 2022. Videogames in the Indian Subcontinent. Development, Culture(s) and Representations. Bloomsbury

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Author(s) Xenia Zeiler
Contact Xenia Zeiler, University of Helsinki, Unioninkatu 38 B, 00014, Helsinki, Finland. Email: xenia.zeiler@helsinki.fi
Issue CyberOrient, Vol. 17, Iss. 1, 2023, pp. 70-73
Published December 22, 2023
Type Book Review
Abstract The book Videogames in the Indian Subcontinent. Development, Culture(s) and Representations is the first ever comprehensive presentation and discussion of material spanning over all nations of South Asia, including Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Discussed by the leading expert on the theme, it offers both an overview of as well as numerous detailed examples of both, historical and contemporary developments. Appropriately, this work also situates the regional characteristics in larger global contexts and cultural flows, and contemporary developments in historical contexts.
Keywords South Asia, videogames, India, games