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Values at Play in Digital Games

By Mary Flanagan

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Values at Play in Digital Games

By Mary Flanagan

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A theoretical and practical guide to integrating human values into the conception and design of digital games. All games express and embody human values, providing a compelling arena in which we play out beliefs and ideas. "Big ideas” such as justice, equity, honesty, and cooperation—as well as other kinds of ideas, including violence, exploitation, and greed—may emerge in games whether designers intend them or not. In this book, Mary Flanagan and Helen Nissenbaum present Values at Play, a theoretical and practical framework for identifying socially recognized moral and political values in digital games. Values at Play can also serve as a guide to designers who seek to implement values in the conception and design of their games. After developing a theoretical foundation for their proposal, Flanagan and Nissenbaum provide detailed examinations of selected games, demonstrating the many ways in which values are embedded in them. They introduce the Values at Play heuristic, a systematic approach for incorporating values into the game design process. Interspersed among the book's chapters are texts by designers who have put Values at Play into practice by accepting values as a design constraint like any other, offering a real-world perspective on the design challenges involved.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
222
Release Date:
2016-09-02
Publication Date:
2016-09-02
Publisher:
MIT Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0262529971
ISBN13:
9780262529976
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
18
Weight:
368 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
14 cm
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