Designing games for ethics : models, techniques and frameworks / Karen Schrier and David Gibson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schrier, Karen.

Contributor:

Gibson, David, 1950 August 27-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Video games--Moral and ethical aspects.

Video games.

Video games--Design.

Physical Description:

electronic texts ([333] p.) : digital files.

Place of Publication:

Hershey PA : Information Science Reference, c2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Brings together the diverse and growing community of voices on ethics in gaming and begins to define the field, identify its primary challenges and questions, and establish the current state of the discipline.

Contents:

1. Quick takes on ethics and games voices from industry and academia / Mia Consalvo ... et al.

2. Ethical reasoning and reflection as supported by single-player videogames / Jose Zagal

3. A framework for classification and criticism of ethical games / Jamey Stevenson

4. The axis of good and evil / Jonathan Melenson

5. Ethical dilemmas in gameplay / Ian Schreiber, Bryan Cash, Link Hughes

6. War and play / Devin Monnens

7. God of war / Peter Rauch

8. The ethics of reverse engineering for game technology / David Schwartz, Jessica Bayliss

9. Critical gameplay / Lindsay Grace

10. How games can touch you / Mitu Khandaker

11. Toward an ethic of representation / Adrienne Shaw

12. The new backyard / Nathan Freier, Emilie Saulnier

13. Teaching executive functions, self-management, and ethical decision-making through popular videogame play / Randy Kulman ... et al.

14. Fostering character education with games and interactive story generation / Rania Hodhod, Paul Cairns, Daniel Kudenko

15. Leveraging digital games for moral development in education / Ross FitzGerald, Jennifer Groff

16. Power to the people / Andrea Gunraj, Susana Ruiz, Ashley York

17. The doctor will be you now / Nahil Sharkasi

18. Games, ethics and engagement / Sharman Adams, Jeremiah Holden

19. Uganda's road to peace may run through the river of forgiveness / Sasha Barab.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on title screen (IGI Global, viewed Feb. 12, 2011).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-09390-1

1-78034-634-4

9786613093905

1-60960-122-X

OCLC:

707611742