Which is to say, DiGRA is a result of the fact that games are, in
modern society, a hugely important
cultural product that merits that level of examination and study.
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cultural products have historically served as a major source for European and Euro - American exotic interests — interests that issue from a healthy critique of the mechanistic, puritanical, utilitarian, and productivity aspects of
modern life.
Archaeological excavations have yielded thicker
cultural layers from periods of prosperity; correspondingly,
modern waste - generation rates can be correlated to various indicators of affluence, including gross domestic
product (GDP) / cap, energy consumption / cap,, and private final consumption / cap (Bingemer and Crutzen, 1987; Richards, 1989; Rathje et al., 1992; Mertins et al., 1999; US EPA, 1999; Nakicenovic et al., 2000; Bogner and Matthews, 2003; OECD, 2004).