Conference
Games ; The Importance of Being Earnest
| العنوان: | Games ; The Importance of Being Earnest |
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| المؤلفون: | Barbas, Helena Maria D. Freitas Mesquita |
| المساهمون: | Departamento de Estudos Portugueses (DEP), Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais (CICS.NOVA - NOVA FCSH) |
| بيانات النشر: | Eurosis-ETI |
| سنة النشر: | 2016 |
| المجموعة: | Repositório da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Serious Games, Digital Game Based Learning, Digital Humanities, Human-computer interaction |
| الوصف: | UID/SOC/04647/2013 ; Video games are driving technological and societal advancements that serve gamers and non-gamers alike from entertainment to edutainment. Video game software is one of the fastest growing industries in the worldwide economy. 75% of the most frequent gamers believe that playing video games provides mental stimulation or education. Recent cognitive theories confirm that gameplay affects the brain. So, inspired by Oscar Wilde’s “boutade” on his comedy The Importance of being Earnest: «we should treat all the trivial things of life seriously…» this paper proposes to justify why all games should be deemed very serious. ; publishersversion ; published |
| نوع الوثيقة: | conference object |
| اللغة: | English |
| ردمك: | 978-90-77381-94-6 90-77381-94-5 |
| Relation: | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876/147304/PT; PURE: 2352063; PURE UUID: 65e3cdf4-aa7e-4dc9-bc99-5a98aaf452ef; Scopus: 85011022598; ORCID: /0000-0003-2804-1325/work/64704563; http://helenabarbas.net/papers/2016_Games_Serious_H_Barbas.pdf |
| الاتاحة: | http://helenabarbas.net/papers/2016_Games_Serious_H_Barbas.pdf |
| Rights: | openAccess |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.E708CB1E |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| ردمك: | 9789077381946 9077381945 |
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