Representations of Poverty in Videogames

Adam Crowley is Professor of English and Director of Composition at Husson University, USA. He is author of The Wealth of Virtual Nations: Videogame Currencies (2017).

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Relative Poverty and Slumming Simulations.- 3. Player Identity and the Conditions of Play.- 4. The Player and Game Studies’ Rhetoric of Inclusion.- 5. Human Subjects and Digital Poverty.- 6. Conclusion.