"In his delightful Marx at the Arcade, Jamie Woodcock launches an urgently-needed workers’ inquiry into video and computer games-investigating both the work that goes into producing such games and the play in which so many of us seek relief from constant work. Whether you game or not, an indispensable book." -Sarah Jaffe, author of Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt Not only does he bring a sharp Marxist analysis to the videogames industry-in turn, he uses games to further our understanding of Marx. "Jamie Woodcock has written a book as fun and engrossing as any game. He is on the editorial board of Historical Materialism and an editor of Notes from Below, an online journal of workers’ inquiry. He is currently a fellow at the London School of Economics and is the author of the award-winning Working the Phones (2016). Jamie Woodcock is a sociologist of work, focusing on digital labor, the gig economy, and resistance. Along the way, he analyzes the increasingly important role the gaming industry plays in contemporary capitalism and the broader transformations of work and the economy that it embodies.
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In an account that will appeal to hardcore gamers, digital skeptics, and the joystick-curious, Woodcock unravels the vast networks of artists, software developers, and factory and logistics workers whose seen and unseen labor flows into the products we consume on a gargantuan scale. In Marx at the Arcade, acclaimed researcher Jamie Woodcock delves into the hidden abode of the gaming industry. There’s casualization, cruelty, and regimentation, but also subversion, and his focus on employee resistance offers a flicker of hope.” - Times Higher Education “Woodcock knows not only his theory but his subject inside out. a book that is sure to become a classic.” -Peter Fleming, author of The Mythology of Work “Jamie Woodcock’s brilliant insider account of life in a British call-center reveals the dirty realities of digital capitalism. “Jamie Woodcock shows us what call-centers can tell us about bleakness and resistance in the modern workplace.” - VICE “A sharp reminder of the difficulties faced by call-center workers.” - The Financial Times
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