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WELL PLAYED RETROSPECTIVE: THE PAST, PANDEMIC AND FUTURE OF VIDEO GAMES, VALUE AND MEANING

Drew Davidson, Richard Lemarchand, Constance Steinkuehler, David Kocik, Rainer W. Dalton, Morgan Forbush, Erik Kersting, Janelle Malagon, Christopher J. Olson, Casey O'Ceallaigh, Chris Bell, Heidi McDonald, Rachael Hutchinson, Gabriela T. Richard, Arthur Protasio, Moses Wolfenstein, Mark Chen, David Simkins, Rowan Daneels, Kurt Dean Squire, Susanna Pollack, Dickie Cox, James Paul Gee, Francisco Souki, Vanessa Haddad, Sam Roberts, Caro Williams-Pierce, Melissa Peterson, José P. Zagal, Stephen Jacobs, Jocelyn Wagner, Andrew Moger, Mia Consalvo, Andrew Phelps, Matthew Sakey, Sean C. Duncan



 

Well Played is a concept of providing in-depth close readings of video games that parse out the various meanings to be found through the experience of playing a game. Around Halloween in 2020, the Well Played Journal started its 10th volume. Looking back, the first “well played” presentation and article was in 2003, with the first book coming out in 2009, and the first journal issue released in 2011.


Thinking of Well Played during the pandemic underscored how games have been a part of our experiences, and the value and role games have had in people’s lives this past year or so. This Well Played retrospective, along with companion essays on games during the pandemic, capture a critical history of Well Played and highlight how much games can matter in our lives. The retrospective essays and the pandemic essays have resonant themes, so we’ve woven them together to share a written tapestry of Well Played and games, value, and meaning.

 

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English

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9781329650619

2021

197

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Publishers: #ETCPress (ETCPress)

Languages: #English

Format: #Paperback

Accessibility: N/A

Year: #Year2021


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Games:

#AnimalCrossing (Animal Crossing New Horizons [ACNH])

#FinalFantasy (#FinalFantasyXII [Final Fantasy 12, FF12, FFXII, Final Fantasy XII])

#Fortnite (Fortnite)

#Horizon (Horizon: Zero Down)

#PlagueInc (Plague Inc.)

#Spiritfarer (Spiritfarer)

#Zelda (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)


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#Covid19 (Covid-19)

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