Reading videogames as (authorless) literature

M Videogames as Educational Research Tools

ost reported effects of videogames particularly in the popular press appear to centre upon the alleged negative consequences. These have included my own research into video game addiction,1,2 increased aggressiveness,3 and the various medical and psychosocial effects.4 However, there are many references to the posit ive benefits of videogames in the literature.5,6 Research dating right back to ...

Reading Malaria Literature.

Guest Editorial: Reading literature and literature reviews

Most scholars would probably agree that literature reviews are key building blocks of good research articles in Library and Information science (LIS). Yet current practices in conducting these reviews may not necessarily be conducive to innovative research because they emphasize the science of the process rather than the art. At the beginning of the 21st century, the act of doing a literature r...

Videogames: Dispelling myths and tabloid headlines that videogames are bad

Christian M Jones Laura Scholes Daniel Johnson Mary Katsikitis Michelle C. Carras University of the Sunshine Coast University of the Sunshine Coast Queensland University of Technology University of the Sunshine Coast Johns Hopkins University Queensland, Australia Queensland, Australia Queensland, Australia Queensland, Australia Baltimore, MD, USA [email protected] [email protected] dm.johns...

Ethical Reasoning and Reflection as Supported by Single-Player Videogames

Ethically notable games are those that provide opportunities for encouraging ethical reasoning and reflection. This chapter examines how games can encourage rational and emotional responses. By examining ethically notable videogames, I illustrate a few of the different design choices that can be used to encourage these responses and the effects they have on players. I also identify five challen...