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Video Games Around the World
Top Insights
Cambridge, Mass.; London: MIT Press (2015), xiv, 697 pp.
"Video games have become a global industry, and their history spans dozens of national industries where foreign imports compete with domestic productions, legitimate industry contends with piracy, and national identity faces the global marketplace. This volume describes video game history and cultur
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Éducation aux médias et jeux vidéo: Des ressorts ludiques à l’approche critique
Média Animation (2015), 67 pp.
Making Democracy Fun: How Game Design can Empower Citizens and Transform Politics
Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press (2014), viii, 267 pp.
"In Making Democracy Fun, Josh Lerner offers a novel solution for the sad state of our deliberative democracy: the power of good game design. What if public meetings featured competition and collaboration (such as team challenges), clear rules (presented and modeled in multiple ways), measurable pro
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Ringvorlesung Games: Retro-Games, Gamification, Augmented Reality
München: Hooffacker (2014), 128 pp.
"Chancen und Risiken von Computerspielen, Retro Gaming, Gamification, Sim Games und Augmented Reality: Im Wintersemester 2013/2014 haben sich Professorinnen und Professoren aus ganz Bayern an der ersten bayernweiten Ringvorlesung Games beteiligt. Der MedienCampus Bayern und Games/Bavaria haben für
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Playing with Religion in Digital Games
Bloomington; Indianapolis: Indiana University Press (2014), ix, 301 pp.
"Shaman, paragon, God-mode: modern video games are heavily coded with religious undertones. From the Shinto-inspired Japanese video game 'Okami' to the internationally popular 'The Legend of Zelda' and 'Halo', many video games rely on religious themes and symbols to drive the narrative and frame the
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Digitales Erzählen: Die Dramaturgie der neuen Medien
Konstanz; München: UVK (2014), 252 pp.
"Dennis Eick zeigt, welche neuen Erzählformen durch das Internet und die technischen Möglichkeiten der Digitalisierung realisiert werden können. Er stellt zahlreiche Beispiele aus dem nationalen und internationalen Bereich vor und führt Interviews mit namhaften Fachleuten aus den einzelnen Genre
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Religion, the Making of Goddess and Video Game in an Oral Tradition
Religion and Social Communication, volume 10, issue 1 (2012), pp. 39-72
La generación interactiva en Iberoamérica 2010: Niños y adolescentes ante las pantallas
Madrid: Foro Generaciones Interactivas;Fundación Telefónica (2011), 635 pp.
"En 2010 el Foro desplegó una nueva investigación en la que han participado ocho países: Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, México y Perú. El esfuerzo realizado por los equipos locales del Foro, con el apoyo inestimable de Fundación Telefónica y de Telefónica, ha permiti
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Interactive Storytelling for Video Games: A Player-Centered Approach to Creating Memorable Characters and Stories
Burlington, MA: Focal Press (2011), xi, 319 pp.
"Game stories have evolved from the simple kidnapped-girl plot of Donkey Kong to the complex novel-length tales of modern RPGs. In addition, the ability of the player to interact with and affect the story has created many new and different types of stories that are difficult if not impossible to por
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Mit Computerspielern ins Spiel kommen: Dokumentation von Fallanalysen
Berlin: Vistas;Landesanstalt für Medien NRW (2011), 129 pp.
Wie Computerspieler ins Spiel kommen: Theorien und Modelle zur Nutzung und Wirkung virtueller Spielwelten
Berlin: Vistas;Landesanstalt für Medien NRW (2011), 169 pp.
Entertainment-Education Through Digital Games
In: Serious games: Mechanisms and effects
Ute RItterfield; Michael Cody; Peter Verderer (eds.)
New York; London: Routledge (2009), pp. 271-292
"In summary, the present chapter analyzed the role of digital games in the growing practice of entertainment-education. We argued that serious games should not be automatically labeled as E-E digital games just because they include some social content. Connections were drawn between the social inter
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The Ecology of Games: Connecting Youth, Games, and Learning
Cambridge: MIT Press (2008), ix, 278 pp.
"In the many studies of games and young people's use of them, little has been written about an overall “ecology” of gaming, game design and play—mapping the ways that all the various elements, from coding to social practices to aesthetics, coexist in the game world. This volume looks at games
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Picture Yourself Creating Video Games
Boston: Course Technology (2008), 233 pp.
"This book is for people who are interested in creating their own computer games for the Windows platform. Using the easy but powerful The Games Factory 2 software, you will be able to make games quicker and easier than ever before, without any programming knowledge. Game creation is a lot of fun an
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Videojuegos y violencia: Guía para la acción
Washington, DC; Lima: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO);Cooperación Técnica Alemana (GTZ) (2008), 51 pp.
Wie Computerspiele uns beeinflussen: Transferprozesse beim Bildschirmspiel im Erleben der User
München: kopaed (2007), 247 pp.
Digitale Spielräume: Basiswissen Computer- und Videospiele
München: kopaed (2007), 151 pp.
Character Development and Storytelling for Games
Boston: Course Technology Crisp (2004), xiv, 488 pp.
"[This book] is meant to be a resource for writers and designers and those who must work with us and who may want to talk intelligently with us at some point. This is not a book of rules that, if slavishly followed, will guarantee success. You’ll see that just about every time I try to lay down so
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Computerspiele: Virtuelle Spiel- und Lernwelten
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2003), 71 pp.
Children in the New Media Landscape: Games, Pornography, Perceptions
Göteborg: UNESCO International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media;Nordicom (2000), 379 pp.
"The 2000 Yearbook treats two themes, both of which relate to newer features of the media landscape: violence in video and computer games, and pornography on television and on Internet. Some articles in the Yearbook also discuss findings on audience perceptions of violence and sex in the media. The
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