[Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics

[Gabriela T Richard]

Just saw she beat me to it!


On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 6:58 PM, Gabriela T Richard <gabriela at nyu.edu>wrote:

> +1 to referencing these two fabulous designers and scholars.
> I would also recommend these two volumes for overviews and places to get
> started:
>
> Schrier, K. and Gibson, D. (Eds.) (2011). Designing games for ethics:
> Models, techniques and frameworks, Hershey, PA: IGI.
> Schrier, K. and Gibson, D. (Eds.) (2010). Ethics and game design: Teaching
> values through play, Hershey, PA: IGI.
>
>
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> *Gabriela T. Richard, Ph.D.*
> Postdoctoral Research Fellow
> Graduate School of Education | *University of Pennsylvania*
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> On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 4:46 PM, Patrick Davison <
> patrick.davison at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Both Mattie Brice: http://www.mattiebrice.com/
>> and Anna Anthropy: http://auntiepixelante.com/?page_id=2142
>>
>> are people who both make games and write very intelligently about them,
>> often (but not always) various ethical dimensions to them. Some of my
>> favorite posts are:
>>
>> http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=1853 (on goals in games)
>> http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=2182 (on game design and kink)
>> http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=2152 (on difference and class)
>> http://www.mattiebrice.com/the-meritocracy-of-video-games/ (on
>> meritocracy)
>> http://www.mattiebrice.com/death-of-the-player/ (fantastically titled:
>> "Death of the Player")
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Alejandro Tortolini <alemtor at gmail.com
>> >wrote:
>>
>> > Jennifer, Nicole, Luciano, Robert: thank you very much!!
>> > Other AIRlisters: more recommendations?
>> >
>> > Alejandro.
>> >
>> >
>> > 2014-03-31 16:13 GMT-03:00 Nicole Grove <nicolesunday at gmail.com>:
>> >
>> > > I agree with Robert, Ian Bogost's book Unit Operations and also How
>> To Do
>> > > Things with Video Games are very good.  McKenzie Wark's Gamer Theory
>> and
>> > > Alexander Galloway's Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture are also
>> good
>> > if
>> > > you are interested in the ethics of games and gaming.
>> > >
>> > > Best,
>> > > Nicole Grove
>> > > PhD Candidate
>> > > Johns Hopkins University
>> > >
>> > > https://johnshopkins.academia.edu/grove
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Peaslee, Robert <
>> robert.peaslee at ttu.edu
>> > >wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> Hi Alejandro,
>> > >>
>> > >> I would recommend Ian Bogost's work on procedural rhetoric, and you
>> > might
>> > >> message a MA student with whom I've been working, whose thesis, just
>> > >> defended, deals precisely with game design ethics among other things.
>> > His
>> > >> name is Andrew Potter: andrew.potter at ttu.edu
>> > >>
>> > >> Best,
>> > >> rp
>> > >> ________________________________________
>> > >>
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>> > >> Associate Professor
>> > >> College of Media & Communication
>> > >> Texas Tech University
>> > >>
>> > >> Coordinator, Texas Tech University International Film Series
>> > >>
>> > >>
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>> > >>
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>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of
>> > the
>> > >> planet is not sufficient to break it." - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> On 3/31/14 1:33 PM, "Alejandro Tortolini" <alemtor at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >> >Hi, I´m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you
>> > >> >recomend me some books/readings about it?
>> > >> >I´m focusing in this two perspectives:
>> > >> >
>> > >> >1) Implicit or explicit values in video games.
>> > >> >
>> > >> >2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video
>> > >> games.
>> > >> >
>> > >> >
>> > >> >Thanks in advance,
>> > >> >
>> > >> >--
>> > >> >Alejandro Tortolini
>> > >> >http://dooid.me/aletor
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*Gabriela T. Richard, Ph.D.*
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Graduate School of Education | *University of Pennsylvania*
*Center for Collaboration, Computation, Complexity, and Creativity in the
Learning Sciences*
3700 Walnut St., Suite 202 | Philadelphia, PA 19104
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