false 102986 176698 0262240459 9780262240451 9 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172443504m/176698.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172443504s/176698.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/176698.Rules_of_Play_Game_Design_Fundamentals 3.75 52 Rules of Play Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman present a much-needed primer for this emerging field. They offer a unified model for looking at all kinds of games, from board games and sports to computer and video games. As active participants in game culture, the authors have written Rules of Play as a catalyst for innovation, filled with new concepts, strategies, and methodologies for creating and understanding games.. Building an aesthetics of interactive systems, Salen and Zimmerman define core concepts like "play," "design," and "interactivity." They look at games through a series of eighteen "game design schemas," or conceptual frameworks, including games as systems of emergence and information, as contexts for social play, as a storytelling medium, and as sites of cultural resistance. Written for game scholars, game developers, and interactive designers, Rules of Play is a textbook, reference book, and theoretical guide. It is the first comprehensive attempt to establish a solid theoretical framework for the emerging discipline of game design.]]> 102986 3.75 52 9 19655 3.81 72 10 2003 2097222 0971544468 9780971544468 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2097222.Zed_5_Beyond_the_Object_The_Implications_Project 0.0 0 102986 3.75 52 9 1998 2097221 1885801033 9781885801036 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2097221.Semiotics_Pedagogy_and_Practice 0.0 0 102986 3.75 52 9 1997 1662038 0971544484 9780971544482 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1662038.Zed_7_Public_Private 0.0 0 102986 3.75 52 9 2000 2097223 1885801025 9781885801029 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2097223.Design_Morality 0.0 0 102986 3.75 52 9 1996 2578849 026269364X 9780262693646 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2578849.The_Ecology_of_Games_Connecting_Youth_Games_and_Learning 0.0 0
The Ecology of Games (edited by Rules of Play author Katie Salen) aims to expand upon and add nuance to the debate over the value of games--which so far has been vociferous but overly polemical and surprisingly shallow. Game play is credited with fostering new forms of social organization and new ways of thinking and interacting; the contributors work to situate this within a dynamic media ecology that has the participatory nature of gaming at its core. They look at the ways in which youth are empowered through their participation in the creation, uptake, and revision of games; emergent gaming literacies, including modding, world-building, and learning how to navigate a complex system; and how games act as points of departure for other forms of knowledge, literacy, and social organization.

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Ian Bogost, Anna Everett, James Paul Gee, Mizuko Ito, Barry Joseph, Laurie McCarthy, Jane McGonigal, Cory Ondrejka, Amit Pitaru, Tom Satwicz, Kurt Squire, Reed Stevens, S. Craig Watkins.]]> 102986 3.75 52 9 2007