Author: James Paul Gee Source: American Journal of Play, Volume 1, Number 2, Fall 2008 http://www.journalofplay.org/sites/www.journalofplay.org/files/pdf-articles/1-2-article-cats-and-portals.pdf The author builds on arguments he has made elsewhere that good commercial video games foster deep learning and problem solving and that such games in fact promote…
Authors: Linda E. Homeyer and Mary O. Morrison Source: American Journal of Play, Volume 1, Number 2, Fall 2008, http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/1/2 Introduction Play therapy is an effective means of responding to the mental health needs of young children and is widely accepted as…
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_studies#Humanities Game studies, gaming theory or ludology is a discipline that deals with the critical study of games. More specifically, it focuses on game design, players, and their role in society and culture. Game studies is an inter-disciplinary field with…
Author: Gonzalo Frasca Source: Video/Game/Theory. Edited by Mark J.P. Wolf and Bernard Perron. Routledge, 2003 (completed and in press – http://www.ludology.org/articles/VGT_final.pdf ) Academic video game studies have known an incredible development during the last couple of years. Slowly, the academic interest…
Authors: Evangeline E. Nwokah and Kelly N. Graves Source: American Journal of Play, Volume 1 Number 4, Spring 2009 INTRODUCTION “This article examines the creation of novel words by two English-speaking male siblings, ages five- and six-years-old, during a fourteen-month period…
Animal Ludens 