Games in everyday life : for play

• Main Author: Hulsey, Nathan (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019.
• Subjects: Video games > Social aspects.; Video games > Equipment and supplies.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781838679392; 9781838679378
• DOI: 10.1108/9781838679378
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (218 pages)

In this book, Nathan Hulsey explores the links between game design, surveillance, computation, and the emerging technologies that impact our everyday lives at home, at work, and with our family and friends. The book delves into the role of gamification in motivating us to use software and applicatio...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Game studies and gamification
• Chapter 2. Defining gamification
• Chapter 3. Gamespace, simulation, and gamification
• Chapter 4. Histories of gaming and computation
• Chapter 5. Gamification, power, and networks
• Chapter 6. Gamified health and bodies
• Chapter 7. The labors of play
• Conclusion
• References
• Index.