VALUES AT PLAY IN 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 ju stice, 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 ser ve as a g...[Llegir més]