Re: [xmca] online games as tools for sociability

From: Rachel Cody <rcody who-is-at weber.ucsd.edu>
Date: Sat Feb 02 2008 - 13:33:32 PST

Hi Luiz,

I'd also recommend TL Taylor's work, /Play Between Worlds. /Mia Consalvo
recently published /Cheating: Gaming Advantages in Videogames/ which was
based on Final Fantasy XI.

Rachel

Luiz Carlos Baptista wrote:
> Thanks a lot! I had already downloaded all files from gamestudies and had
> bookmarked DiGRA, but I didn't know about GLS.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Luiz
>
> On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 08:51:28 -0800, Mark Chen wrote
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> In case you haven't already, take a look at Gamestudies.org. Some
>> good theoretical/phil writing there. There's also archives of talks
>> at DiGRA (Digital Games Research Association) and GLS (Games Learning
>> Society) you could delve into.
>>
>> mark
>>
>> On Feb 2, 2008 5:15 AM, Luiz Carlos Baptista
>> <lucabaptista@fcsh.unl.pt> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks a lot. I already knew Constance's and Kurt's work, I'll check the
>>> european guys.
>>>
>>> As regards data, I will draw on current and ongoing ethnographic and
>>> sociological approaches, as well as my own experience as gamer. My
>>>
> interest
>
>>> is philosophical rather than "empirical".
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Luiz
>>>
>>>
>> --
>> Mark Chen | PhD student | Games researcher/designer | Tech instructor
>> College of Education - Ed Tech | University of Washington - Seattle
>> My games research and life in academia blog: markdangerchen.net
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