Massively points out a nicely written piece on Kotaku about a gamer who “powerlevels” a character. The story is presented in three parts: Part I Part II Part III Powerleveling is a type of service, generally considered against the rules, for massively multiplayer online (MMO) games. Many MMOs involve gaining levels as a [...]
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Games are increasingly being recognized as having educational potential. For example, The Escapist points to an article listing a top 25 sims and games for the classroom. But even games that do not consider themselves “edutainment” can hold real potential to guide learning. Scott Sharkey at 1up.com, for example, has just listed a [...]
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Neat. Video Game Play and Addiction was mentioned on Ars Technica by their gaming guru Ben Kuchera. He specifically mentions and looks at the section about how gamers are different. A lot can be said about this topic and some very good literature has been coming out like Beck and Wade’s The Kids are [...]
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Well, I’m just ecstatic. The first review of Video Game Play and Addiction is in, courtesy of Adam Thierer, senior fellow of the Progress and Freedom Foundation. I’m very happy that the book is receiving positive feedback. The book began as the focus of my fellowship graduation paper. I had been growing tired [...]
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Well, after about a year of work, it’s finally done. Video Game Play and Addiction: A Guide for Parents is now ready for pre-order: (Note – there is also an e-book version available, but I’ve discovered it does not work on OS 10.5 until Adobe updates their reader. It seems to work fine on Windows [...]
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