Removing the Checks and Balances That Hamper Democracy: Play and the Counter-Hegemonic Contradictions of Grand Theft Auto IV
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This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the English at ODU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in English Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of ODU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Repository Citation Ouellette, Marc A., "Removing the Checks and Balances That Hamper Democracy: Play and the Counter-Hegemonic Contradictions of Grand Theft Auto IV" (2010). English Faculty Publications. Paper 39. http://digitalcommons.odu.edu/english_fac_pubs/39
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