Comments for An Introduction to Game Studies

Comment on Toward a Critical Vocabulary for Games by imcarelli

imcarelli — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:42:28 +0000

Thanks so much both of you Costikyan for having written the paper and Mayra for publishing it here. I am researching how to design good educational digital games. So first I have to have a definition of what a game is to understand then how to design it. Costikyan defined it nicely by saying “we need to understand what a game is, and to break “gameplay”
down into identifi able chunks. We need, in short, a critical vocabulary for
games”.

Comment on Welcome by frans

frans — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:35:35 +0000

Suosittelen Adlibris-kirjakauppaa: http://www.adlibris.com/fi/product.aspx?isbn=141293446X

Comment on Welcome by hmala

hmala — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:00:06 +0000

löytyykö kirjaa Helsingistä?

Comment on Welcome by frans

frans — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:47:27 +0000

Thanks – and I will!

Comment on Welcome by hulluliini

hulluliini — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:28:48 +0000

Looks very interesting, I’m going to order it! I think it’s amazing that such pioneering work is done right here in Finland. I never knew something like this was being done in my home university. Keep it up.

I found it at Booky.fi: http://www.booky.fi/book.php?book_id=9781412934466

and Bookplus.fi: http://www.bookplus.fi/kirjat/mayra%2c_frans/an_introduction_to_game_studies-4689762.

Adlibris seems to be the cheapest though.

Comment on Welcome by albertoprecht

albertoprecht — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:41:15 +0000

I would like to congratulate you for the book, I’ve bought and Im reading it with great interest, is an excellent work that serves a lot of people like me who are interested in games and synthetic worlds
greetings from Chile

Alberto Precht

Comment on Welcome by frans

frans — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:28:21 +0000

Added the ‘tag cloud’ today to facilitate thematic browsing.

Comment on What Video Games Have To Teach Us About Learning And Literacy by hasserved

hasserved — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:25:46 +0000

I’m interested in seeing where this goes. For me I find video games to be a sort of either/or industry, but one that has limitless capabilities. For those people I know who enjoy adventure games and RPGs, I sort of see why. The complex storylines that comprise most of today’s adventure games are oftentimes creative and engaging, and there’s the added bonus of being able to physically see and virtually interact in a beautiful environment that most of us will never be fortunate enough to glimpse in real life.

I’m not too sure about video games such as Halo, which I find to be one-sided in a sense. Games as such probably really help in increasing cognitive ability in some strange sort of way–deciding which gun to load helps critical or strategic thinking, for instance. Hand-eye coordination, etc. etc.

But I suppose my bottom line is that yeah, that book seems sort of cool, and really truthful. Let’s see what else you pump out.

Comment on Game Studies Journal by frans

frans — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:36:09 +0000

Hi — thanks for pointing this out. It has now been added to the journals list.

Comment on Game Studies Journal by martinpi

martinpi — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:14:16 +0000

this list misses the eludamos journal:

http://eludamos.org