Values at Play in Digital Games

by Mary Flanagan and Helen Nissenbaum

Book Overview

A theoretical and practical guide to integrating human values into the conception and design of 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 justice, 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262529971
• ISBN13: 9780262529976
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher