The role-playing society : essays on the cultural influence of RPGs / edited by Andrew Byers and Francesco Crocco.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Byers, Andrew, editor.

Crocco, Francesco, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fantasy games--Social aspects.

Fantasy games.

Genre:

Fantasy games.

Physical Description:

viii, 312 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]

Summary:

"This illustrates the appeal and impact of role-playing games. Topics range from a critical reexamination of the Satanic Panic of the 1980s, to the growing significance of RPGs in education, to the potential for "serious" RPGs to provoke awareness and social change. Discusses ways in which the values, concepts and mechanics of RPGs have infiltrated popular culture"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I The Player's Guide: The Psychological and Cultural Impact of a Game Genre

The Satanic Panic and Dungeons & Dragons: A Twenty-Five-Year Retrospective / Andrew Byers Byers, Andrew 22

Psychological Effects of Fantasy Games on Their Players: A Discourse-Based Look at the Evidence / Andreas Lieberoth Lieberoth, Andreas, Jonas Trier-Knudsen Trier-Knudsen, Jonas 46

Building the Culture of Contingency: Adaptive Choice in Ludic Literature from Role-Playing Games to Choose Your Own Adventure Books / Tim Bryant Bryant, Tim 72

Part II The Tome of Knowledge: Playing to Learn in and across the Disciplines

Raiding the Last Frontier: Overcoming the Language Barrier in the ESL Classroom / Timm Woods Woods, Timm 98

"Do you want to be Dr. Frankenstein or Edna Pontellier?": How Getting into Character Enhances Literary Studies / Jonathan M. Bradley Bradley, Jonathan M. 122

Playing Between the Lines: Promoting Interdisciplinary Studies with Virtual Worlds / Reneta D. Lansiquot Lansiquot, Reneta D., Candido Cabo Cabo, Candido, Tamrah D. Cunningham Cunningham, Tamrah D. 143

Part III The Book of Change: Enacting Social Transformations

Teacher as Dungeon Master: Connected Learning, Democratic Classrooms, and Rolling for Initiative / Antero Garcia Garcia, Antero 164

Playing for Change: Free Market and the Rise of Serious Tabletop Role-Playing Games / Troy Leaman Leaman, Troy 184

Leveling Influence: Klout and the Introduction of Social Leveling / Joseph B. Meyer Meyer, Joseph B. 208

Part IV The Manual of Play: Seeding New Avenues of Gaming

Shapers, Portals and Exotic Matter: Living Fiction and Augmented Reality in Google's Ingress / Kai-Uwe Werbeck Werbeck, Kai-Uwe 234

Descent to Munchkin: From Pen-and-Paper to Board and Card / Cathlena Martin Martin, Cathlena, Benton Tyler Tyler, Benton 256

The RPG Classroom: Re-Purposing Game Mechanics for the Gamification of Education / Francesco Crocco Crocco, Francesco 278.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780786498833

0786498838

OCLC:

936205472