"This book explores and promotes a deep conceptual and empirical understanding of the roles of electronic games and computer-mediated simulations across multiple disciplines, building a significant bridge between research and practice on electronic gaming and simulations"--Provided by publisher.

Throughout history, the permeation of new technologies have assisted communities in their aim to collectively work together in addressing shared problems for the attainment of specific goals and outcomes. This book broadly examines what constitutes social capital in geographical communities and...

This book challenges scholars and researchers to answer questions such as: How can game design be improved to foster ethical thinking and discourse? What are the theories and methodologies that will help us understand, model, and assess ethical thinking in games? How do we use games in...

"With an increasing use of video games in various disciplines within the scientific community, this book seeks to understand the nature of effective games and to provide guidance for how best to harness the power of gaming technology to successfully accomplish a more serious goal"--Provided by...

"This book is structured into sections that look at some of the challenges related to coalition operations in different types of networks, such as communications and information networks and human and cognitive networks, and looks at other issues that impact the operations of coalitions, the...

"This book is a collection of the most recent developments in all areas of game development, encompassing planning, design, marketing, business management, and consumer behavior"--Provided by publisher.

1. Analyzing user behavior in digital games / Anders Drachen and Alessandro Canossa -- 2. Comparing two playability heuristic sets with expert review method: a case study of mobile game evaluation / Janne Paavilainen, Hannu Korhonen and Hannamari Saarenpää -- 3. Lovely place to buy!: enhancing...