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games  

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  • The principal contributions of games to globalization are military and commercial. Electronic games have sold internationally since the mid-1980s, from arcade play to handheld consoles to online subscriptions, and from imaginary spheres of self-absorption to recruitment devices for the military. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Studies; Games]

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