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Books and Parts of Books The Videogame Ethics Reader Zagal, J.P. (Ed) (2011) "The Videogame Ethics Reader", Cognella, San Diego CA Heavy Rain: How I Learned to Trust the Designer Zagal, J.P. (2011) “Heavy Rain: How I Learned to Trust the Designer”, Davidson, D. (Ed), Well Played 3.0: More Perspectives on Video Games, Value and Meaning, ETC Press: Pittsburgh (book website) (purchase book) Ethical Reasoning and Reflection as Supported by Videogames Zagal, J.P. (2011) “Ethical Reasoning and Reflection as Supported by Videogames”, Schrier, K. and Gibson, D. (Eds), Designing Games for Ethics: Models, Techniques and Frameworks, IGI Global: Hershey, PA [refereed] (book website) Manhunt: The Dilemma of Play Zagal, J.P (2010) “Manhunt: The Dilemma of Play”, Davidson, D. (Ed), Well Played 2.0: More Perspectives on Video Games, Value and Meaning, ETC Press: Pittsburgh (book website) (purchase book) Ludoliteracy: Defining, Understanding, and Supporting Games Education (available for purchase as well as in pdf) Zagal, J.P. (2010) "Ludoliteracy: Defining, Understanding, and Supporting Games Education", ETC Press, Pittsburgh Official website Journal Articles Videogames and the Ethics of Care Murphy, J., Zagal, J. P., (2011) "Videogames and the Ethics of Care", International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations 3(3):69-81 Blogging for Facilitating Understanding: A Study of Videogame Education Zagal, J. P., Bruckman, A, (2011) "Blogging for Facilitating Understanding: A Study of Videogame Education", International Journal of Learning and Media 3(1):7-27 Time in Videogames: A Survey and Analysis Zagal, J.P. & Mateas, M. (2010) "Time in Videogames: A Survey and Analysis", Simulation & Gaming 41(6):844-868 Designing Online Environments for Expert/Novice Collaboration: Wikis to Support Legitimate Peripheral Participation Zagal, J. P., Bruckman, A, (2010) "Designing Online Environments for Expert/Novice Collaboration: Wikis to Support Legitimate Peripheral Participation", Convergence 16(4):451-470 Novices, Gamers, and Scholars: Exploring the Challenges of Teaching About Games Zagal, J.P., Bruckman, A. (2009) "Novices, Gamers, and Scholars: Exploring the Challenges of Teaching About Games", Game Studies 8:2 Rounds, Levels, and Waves: The Early Evolution of Gameplay Segmentation Zagal, J.P., Fernandez-Vara, C., Mateas, M. (2008) "Rounds, Levels, and Waves: The Early Evolution of Gameplay Segmentation", Games & Culture 3:1, 175-198 Collaborative games: Lessons learned from board games Zagal, J.P., Rick, J., Hsi, I. (2006) "Collaborative games: Lessons learned from board games", Simulation & Gaming 37:1, 24-40 From Samba Schools to Computer Clubhouses: Cultural Institutions as Learning Environments Zagal, J.P., Bruckman, A. (2005) "From Samba Schools to Computer Clubhouses: Cultural Institutions as Learning Environments", Convergence 11:1, 88-105 Maintenance Oriented Design and Development: A Case Study Zagal, J.P., Santelices, R., Nussbaum, M. (2002) "Maintenance Oriented Design and Development: A Case Study", IEEE Software - July-August 2002, 100-106 A Model to Support the Design of Multiplayer Games Zagal, J.P., Nussbaum, M., Rosas, R. (2000) "A Model to Support the Design of Multiplayer Games", Presence, 9:5, 448-462 Conference Papers (Refereed) The Aesthetics of Gameplay: A Lexical Approach Zagal, J. P., Tomuro, N. (2010) "The Aesthetics of Gameplay: A Lexical Approach", Lugmayr, A., Franssila, H., Sotamaa, O., Safran C., Aaltonen, T. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 14th International Academic Mindtrek Conference , Tampere, Finland, 9-16. Challenges for success in stereo gaming: a Virtual Boy case study Zachara, M. and Zagal, J.P. (2009) "Challenges for success in stereo gaming: a Virtual Boy case study". In Proceedings of Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology. Athens, Greece, 99-106. Ethically Notable Videogames: Moral Dilemmas and Gameplay Zagal, J. P. (2009) "Ethically Notable Videogames: Moral Dilemmas and Gameplay", Proceedings of the Digital Interactive Games Research Association Conference (DiGRA 2009), London, UK. You Played That? Game Studies Meets Game Criticism (panel position statements) Thomas, D., Zagal, J. P., Robertson, M., Bogost, I., Huber, W. (2009) "You Played That? Game Studies Meets Game Criticism", Proceedings of the Digital Interactive Games Research Association Conference (DiGRA 2009), London, UK. Characterizing and Understanding Game Reviews Zagal, J. P., Ladd, A., Johnson, T.,(2009) "Characterizing and Understanding Game Reviews", Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, Orlando FL, 215-222 A Framework for Games Literacy and Understanding Games Zagal, J.P., (2008) "A Framework for Games Literacy and Understanding Games", ACM Futureplay 2008 Conference Proceedings, B. Kapralos, M. Katchabaw, and J. Rajnovich, Editors. 2008, ACM: Toronto, Canada. p. 33-40 The Game Ontology Project: Supporting Learning While Contributing Authentically to Game Studies Zagal, J.P., Bruckman, A. (2008) "The Game Ontology Project: Supporting Learning While Contributing Authentically to Game Studies", Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences ICLS 2008, Utrecht, The Netherlands, June 2008 Temporal Frames: A Unifying Framework for the Analysis of Game Temporality Zagal, J. P. and Mateas, M. (2007), "Temporal Frames: A Unifying Framework for the Analysis of Game Temporality", Proceedings of the Digital Interactive Games Research Association Conference (DiGRA 2007), Tokyo, Japan, 516-523. From Gamers to Scholars: Challenges of Teaching Game Studies Zagal, J. P. and Bruckman, A. (2007), "From Gamers to Scholars: Challenges of Teaching Game Studies", Proceedings of the Digital Interactive Games Research Association Conference (DiGRA 2007), Tokyo, Japan, 575-582. GameLog: Fostering Reflective Gameplaying for Learning Zagal, J., Bruckman, A. (2007), "GameLog: Fostering Reflective Gameplaying for Learning", Proceedings of the 2007 ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Videogames, San Diego CA, 31-38. Towards an Ontological Language for Game Analysis Zagal, J., Mateas, M., Fernandez-Vara, C., Hochhalter, B. and Lichti, N. (2005) "Towards an Ontological Language for Game Analysis", In Proceedings of the Digital Interactive Games Research Association Conference (DiGRA 2005), Vancouver B.C., June, 2005. Included in the Selected Papers volume. Reprinted in: Worlds in Play: International Perspectives on Digital Games Research (2007), de Castell, S. and Jenson, J. (Eds), New York, Peter Lang Evolution of Spatial Configurations In Videogames Fernandez-Vara, C., Zagal, J., Mateas, M. (2005). "Evolution of Spatial Configurations In Videogames", In Proceedings of the Digital Interactive Games Research Association Conference (DiGRA 2005), Vancouver B.C., June, 2005. Included in the Selected Papers volume. [Best paper nomination] Reprinted in: Worlds in Play: International Perspectives on Digital Games Research (2007), de Castell, S. and Jenson, J. (Eds), New York, Peter Lang Conference and Workshop Presentations without Proceedings Learning About Videogames: Implications for Learning From Videogames OECD Expert Meeting on Videogames and Learning, Santiago Chile, October 2007 Patterns, Typology and Ontology: An Overview and Discussion of the Formal Analysis of Games and Gameplay Digital Interactive Games Research Association Conference (DiGRA 2007), Tokyo, Japan GameLog: Supporting Reflective Gameplaying Practices in the Context of Learning Games Games, Learning and Society 3.0 Conference, Madison WI., July 12-13, 2007 Technical Reports Social and Technical Factors Contributing to Successful 3D Animation Authoring by Kids Zagal, J.P., Piper, A.M. and Bruckman, A. (2006) "Social and Technical Factors Contributing to Successful 3D Animation Authoring by Kids", GVU Tech Report: GIT-GVU-06-14 LoCoL: Encouraging Social Interaction and Exploration Through a Distributed, Multi-Media, Location-Based Mobile Game. Patel, S.N., Kientz, J. A. and Zagal, J.P. (2004) "LoCoL: Encouraging Social Interaction and Exploration Through a Distributed, Multi-Media, Location-Based Mobile Game.", GVU Tech Report: GIT-GVU-04-17 Kids Telling Fables Through 3D Animation. Zagal, J.P., Piper, A.M. and Bruckman, A. (2004) "Kids Telling Fables Through 3D Animation", GVU Tech Report: GIT-GVU-04-23 Other Publications Game Studies: Who will continue to blaze the trail? Column for the Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA), August 2007 (available upon request)