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

[Luis E. Hestres]

Thanks, Kim! As Stephen says, very useful,  :)

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On April 14, 2015 at 12:45:01 PM, Jaxon, Kim (kjaxon at csuchico.edu) wrote:

Hi Luis,  

I have a curated Google Doc with game studies resources (intended as an  
introduction type list):  
http://tinyurl.com/gamejaxon  

Best,  

Kim--  

Kim Jaxon  
Assistant Professor, Composition & Literacy  
English Department  
CSU, Chico  
kjaxon at csuchico.edu  
http://kimjaxon.com  
@drjaxon  







On 4/12/15, 3:49 PM, "Luis E. Hestres" <luis.hestres at utsa.edu> wrote:  

>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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>The University of Texas at San Antonio  
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