Current Issue - Volume 2 No. 1 - Spring 2005

The Spring 2005 iDMAa Journal is available online in pdf format:

Screen version PDF (size approx. 1,444k)

Table of Contents (pdf)

(linked directly to the specific page in the screen version pdf)

Editor's Note, by Conrad Gleber

Preface, by Ken S. McAllister and Judd Ethan Ruggill, University of Arizona (Guest Editors)

Game Studies: What is it Good For? by Espen Aarseth,
IT University of Copenhagen and University of Oslo

The Two Faces of Reality, by Chris Crawford, Game Designer

Real-Time Performance: Machinima and Game Studies, by
Henry Lowood, Stanford University

Discovering a Lexicon for Video Games: New Research on Structured Vocabularies, by
Patrick Burkart, Texas A&M University

Gaming's Non-Digital Predecessors, by Laurie N. Taylor and Cathlena Martin, University of Florida

Poised to Play: the Evolution of Games on DVD Releases, by John Reid Perkins-Buzo, Dominican University—Priory Campus

Video Games, Mind, and Learning, by James Paul Gee, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Games for the Thinking Person: Teaching Computer Game Development in an Academic Environment, by Monica Evans, University of Texas-Dallas

The Generation Gap: Bridging Learners and Educators, by Linda L. Baer, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities

Teaching Media Culture with Computer Games, by Judd Ethan Ruggill, University of Arizona
Ryan Moeller, Utah State University, Bryan Pearce, Pearcing Sounds, Ltd., and Ken S. McAllister, University of Arizona

Asking What Is Possible: The Georgia Tech Approach to Game Research and Education, by
Ian Bogost, Michael Mateas, Janet Murray, and Michael Nitsche, Georgia Institute of Technology

'Modding' Education: Engaging Today's Learners, by Nora Paul, University of Minnesota, Kathleen A. Hansen, University of Minnesota, and Matt Taylor, Dunwoody College of Technology

Preventing Piracy within the Video Game Industry, by Ginger Myles, IBM Almaden Research Center

Contributor Bios

Executive Editorial Board:

Conrad Gleber, Editor, Florida State
    University
Robert Papper, Assoc. Editor, Ball
    State University
Michael Holmes, Ball State
    University
Ray Steele, Ball State University

Editorial Advisory Board

Chris Blair, Union University
Dena Eber, Bowling Green State
    University
David Ferguson, Ball State University
Tom Loughlin, SUNY Fredonia
Michael Moshell, University of
    Central Florida
Michael Murphy, University of     Montana
Michael Niederman, Columbia
    College
James Oliverio, University of Florida
Scott Olson, Minnesota State
    University
Glenn Platt, Miami University (Ohio)
Mat Rappaport, University of
    Wisconsin- Milwaukee
Jeff Rutenbeck, University of Denver