false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174400035m/391737.jpg 391737 1 <i>Why Video Games are Good for Your Soul</i> is about pleasure and learning. Good video games allow people to create their own "music", to compose a symphony from their own actions, decisions, movements, and feelings. They allow people to become "pros", to feel and act like an expert soldier, city planner, world builder, thief, tough guy, wizard and a myriad of other things. They allow people to create order out of complexity, to gain and feel mastery, and to create new autobiographies, careers and histories. In his earlier book, <i>What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy</i>, James Paul Gee offered thirty-six reasons why good video games create better learning conditions that many of today's schools. In this new book, built entirely around games and game play, he shows how good video games marry pleasure and learning and, at the same time, have the potential to empower people. 381343 1 4 2005 Why Video Games are Good for Your Soul total:3|5:2|4:1| 3 14 8 0 391737 186335574X 9781863355742 3 0 4.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174400035m/391737.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/391737.Why_Video_Games_are_Good_for_Your_Soul 0 0 false Wed Oct 21 07:02:42 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 07:02:45 -0700 2009 391737 186335574X 9781863355742 3 0 4.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174400035m/391737.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/391737.Why_Video_Games_are_Good_for_Your_Soul 0 0 false Tue Jun 09 21:05:38 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 21:05:38 -0700 2009 391737 186335574X 9781863355742 3 0 4.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174400035m/391737.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/391737.Why_Video_Games_are_Good_for_Your_Soul 0 0 false Tue Apr 21 18:18:51 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 18:18:51 -0700 2009 391737 186335574X 9781863355742 3 0 4.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174400035m/391737.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/391737.Why_Video_Games_are_Good_for_Your_Soul 0 0 false Sun Feb 08 22:34:28 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 22:34:28 -0800 2009 391737 186335574X 9781863355742 3 0 4.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174400035m/391737.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/391737.Why_Video_Games_are_Good_for_Your_Soul 5 0 false Mon Jul 21 06:19:59 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 06:19:59 -0700 2008 391737 186335574X 9781863355742 3 0 4.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174400035m/391737.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/391737.Why_Video_Games_are_Good_for_Your_Soul 4 0 false Sun Feb 24 14:51:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jun 30 08:51:48 -0700 2008 391737 186335574X 9781863355742 3 0 4.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174400035m/391737.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/391737.Why_Video_Games_are_Good_for_Your_Soul 0 0 false Mon Feb 04 15:42:30 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 15:42:34 -0800 2008 391737 186335574X 9781863355742 3 0 4.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174400035m/391737.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/391737.Why_Video_Games_are_Good_for_Your_Soul 5 0 false Thu Jan 10 13:27:27 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 10 13:27:27 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=391737