Vol. 3 No. 4 (2009)

Published: 2009-09-17

Foundations and Frames

Serious Learning in Playful Roles: Socio-political games for education and social change

Negin Dahya
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Wii are out of Control: Bodies, Game Screens and the Production of Gestural Excess

Bart Simon
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Videogames and Complexity Theory: Learning through Game Play

Kathy Sanford, Tim Hopper
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Elements

Close Reading Oblivion: Character Believability and Intelligent Personalization in Games

Joshua Glen Tanenbaum, Jim Bizzocchi
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The Pleasure of the System: Cybernetic Feedback Loops and Flow in Video Games

Alison Harvey
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Borders

JFK Reloaded: Documentary Framing and the Simulated Document

Cindy Poremba
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Playing in the Fields of Desire: Hegemonic Masculinity in Live-Combat LARPs

Mark Malaby, Benson Green
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Reflection and Review

Outbreak: Lessons Learned from Developing a “History Game”

Kevin Kee, John Bachynski
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Instructional Methods and Curricula for “Values Conscious Design”

Jonathan Belman, Mary Flanagan, Helen Nissenbaum
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The Senescence of Creativity: How Market Forces are Killing Digital Games

Matthew M. White
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