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Key Authors

James Paul Gee
Author of _What video games have to teach us about learning and literacy_ and more.
Katie Salen
Executive Director of The Institute of Play, Professor of Game Design, and founder of Quest2Learn.
Brian Sutton-Smith
A play theorist, writing on the significance of play in everyday life.
Roger Callois
Author of _Man, games and play_ as well as many other influential titles.
Johan Huizinga
Author of _Homo Ludens: a study of the play element in culture_, and more.

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Books (selected)

Computer Games and New Media Cultures by Johannes Fromme (Editor); Alexander Unger (Editor)
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 9789400727779
Publication Date: 2012-04-30
Ethnographies of the Videogame by Helen Thornham
Call Number: GN347 T5 2011
ISBN: 9780754679783
Publication Date: 2011-07-28
Extra Lives: why video games matter by Tom Bissell
Call Number: GV1469.3 B55 2010
ISBN: 9780307378705
Publication Date: 2010-06-08
Simulations, Serious Games and Their Applications by Henry Been-Lirn Anton Yiyu Cai
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 9789814560320
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
The Kids Are Alright by John C. Beck; Mitchell Wade
Call Number: GV1469.3 B44 2006
ISBN: 1422104354
Publication Date: 2006-11-01
Videogames by James Newman
Call Number: GV1469.3 N48 2013
ISBN: 9780415669153
Publication Date: 2013-01-10
Die Tryin' by Derek A. Burrill
Call Number: GV1469.34 S52B87 2008
ISBN: 9781433100918
Publication Date: 2008-02-01
Grand thieves and tomb raiders: how British videogames conquered the world by Anderson, Magnus
Call Number: HD9993.E452 A53 2012
ISBN: 9781845137045
Publication Date: 2012
The Game Design Reader by Katie Salen (Editor); Eric Zimmerman (Editor)
Call Number: QA76.76 C672G357
ISBN: 9780262195362
Publication Date: 2005-11-23
The Playstation Dreamworld by Alfie Bown
Call Number: GV1469.34 S52B75 2018
ISBN: 9781509518029
Publication Date: 2017-11-20
Storytelling for Interactive Digital Media and Video Games by Nicholas B. Zeman
ISBN: 9781138628830
Publication Date: 2017-04-18
Story Structure and Development: a guide for animators, VFX artists, game designers, and virtual reality by Craig Caldwell
Call Number: 9781498781732
ISBN: 9781498781732
Publication Date: 2017-05-26
Handbook of Research on Serious Games for Educational Applications by Robert Zheng (Editor); Michael K. Gardner (Editor)
ISBN: 9781522505136
Publication Date: 2016-08-01
Off the Page by Daniel Bernardi; Julian Hoxter
Call Number: PN1996 B467 2017
ISBN: 9780520285644
Publication Date: 2017-09-12