[game_edu] etc press releases missions for thoughtful gamers

[drew davidson]

ETC Press is excited to announce the release of “Missions for Thoughtful Gamers," by Andrew Cutting.

Who am I? How do I live a good life? What is reality? Such perennial questions may seem remote from the pleasures of playing videogames for entertainment and fantasy. Yet gamers too, in the midst of having fun, are potentially embarked upon a quest for understanding and for meaning. Missions for Thoughtful Gamers presents a sequence of 40 challenges, ranging from thought experiments to design exercises, each one inviting players to become more creatively curious and self-aware.

DEMO / The Gamer’s Oath
TUTORIAL / Playthinking
EPISODE 1: HIDDEN LANDS / Videogames as enquiry
BOSS FIGHT / Exploring ‘violence’
EPISODE 2: THE INNERMOST CAVE / Gnōthi sauton (know thyself )
SIDE QUESTS AND MINI-GAMES / Scholarly gaming
EPILOGUE / Gaming’s highest ideals

This is a ground-breaking book, providing inspiration for a new generation of
designers, critics and educators as well as an humane introduction for non-gamers to why videogames matter.

For more information, and to purchase or download a copy, visit:

http://www.etc.cmu.edu/etcpress/

http://www.etc.cmu.edu/etcpress/content/missions-thoughtful-gamers


The ETC Press is an academic and open-source publishing imprint that distributes its work in print, electronic and digital form. Inviting readers to contribute to and create versions of each publication, ETC Press fosters a community of collaborative authorship and dialogue across media. ETC Press represents an experiment and an evolution in publishing, bridging virtual and physical media to redefine the future of publication. 
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