The Video Game Debate 2: Revisiting the Physical, Social, and Psychological Effects of Video Games

ISBN-13: 9780367368722 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 144 str.

Rachel Kowert; Thorsten Quandt

Opis

This student-friendly book provides an accessible overview of the primary debates about the effects of video games. It expands on the original The Video Game Debate to address the new technologies that have emerged within the field of game studies over the last few years.

Spis treści

Chapter 1: Revisiting old debates, Rachel Kowert & Thorsten Quandt

Chapter 2: A brief overview of loot boxes in video gaming, Mark D. Griffiths

Chapter 3: Serious games: Play for change, Ruud S. Jacobs

Chapter 4: Digital divides and structural inequalities: Exploring the technomasculine culture of gaming, Thomas H. Apperley & Kishonna L. Gray

Chapter 5: Twitch and participatory cultures, Ashley ML Brown & Lis Moberly

Chapter 6: Esports, Stephanie Orme

Chapter 7: Therapeutic use of video games, Anthony Bean

Chapter 8: Extended Reality Therapy: The use of virtual, augmented, and mixed reality in mental health treatment, Jessica Stone

Chapter 9: Mobile gaming, Frans Mäyrä & Kati Alha

Chapter 10: Concluding comments, Thorsten Quandt & Rachel Kowert