HOW GAMES MOVE US

This is a renaissance moment for video gamesin the variety of genres they represent, and the range of emotional territory they cove r. But how do games create emotion? In How Games Move Us, Katherine Isbister takes the reader on a timely and novel exploration of t he design techniques that evoke strong emotions for players. She counters arguments that games are creating a generation of isolated , emotionally numb, antisocial loners. Games, Isbister shows us, can actually play a powerful role in creating empathy and other str ong, posi...[Read more]