[Air-L] Intro-level readings on games/gamification?

Stephen Gonzalez sgonzal780 at gmail.com
Tue Apr 14 11:21:05 PDT 2015


Wow! I'm glad I got on this listserv because I'm about to starting writing
a paper on this topic and these are awesome sources! ^_^

Thanks for the list Kim!

Cheers,
Stephen Gonzalez

MS Candidate Applied Anthropology
University of North Texas

On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 12:44 PM, Jaxon, Kim <kjaxon at csuchico.edu> wrote:

> Hi Luis,
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> I have a curated Google Doc with game studies resources (intended as an
> introduction type list):
> http://tinyurl.com/gamejaxon
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> Best,
>
> Kim--
>
> Kim Jaxon
> Assistant Professor, Composition & Literacy
> English Department
> CSU, Chico
> kjaxon at csuchico.edu
> http://kimjaxon.com
> @drjaxon
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> On 4/12/15, 3:49 PM, "Luis E. Hestres" <luis.hestres at utsa.edu> wrote:
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> >Hi all,
> >
> >I'm teaching an intro to communication technologies class for comm
> >majors, and one of our last weeks is about games. This will include an
> >introduction to the history of the industry and some content about its
> >most visible aspects, like blockbuster console games. But I'd like to
> >talk to them about other topics, like gamification or games that aim to
> >do social good. Can anyone recommend some interesting & engaging
> >freshman/sophomore level readings about these topics? Ideally some
> >long-form journalism or accessible scholarly work.
> >
> >Thanks!
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> >Dr. Luis E. Hestres
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