Reaganoludography: The 1980s Japanese Digital Games in the Service of the United States

https://doi.org/10.18778/2391-8551.13.03 Reaganoludography: The 1980s Japanese Digital Games in the Service of the United States This article examines the phenomenon in the 1980s Japanese gaming industry, labeled "Reaganoludography" due to its strong reliance on themes directly borrowed from American action cinema, known in Polish film studies as "Reaganomatography." Using discourse analysis, the article explores how the U.S.