Powering Up
Are Computer Games Changing Our Lives?
Published on 4. April 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
332 pages
978-0-470-72310-4 (ISBN)
Description
In Powering Up, Rebecca Mileham examines the latest research to see what effect the epidemic of game-playing is really having on us and on our society. Are computer games making us obese, anti-social, violent and addicted... or are they actually offering us new ways to get smarter, fitter and more skilled? This book presents evidence from experts and gamers alike, asks some controversial and thought-provoking questions such as:
Is there a hidden plague of game addiction in our society?
Can computer games improve your vocabulary?
Are car-driving games turning us into boy racers?
Could games help patients fight cancer?
Should you feel guilty for killing pixel people?
Discover. Question. Provoke.
Is there a hidden plague of game addiction in our society?
Can computer games improve your vocabulary?
Are car-driving games turning us into boy racers?
Could games help patients fight cancer?
Should you feel guilty for killing pixel people?
Discover. Question. Provoke.
Reviews / Votes
"...this is a good and thoughtful book with some revealing exploration of the science behind our interaction with games" PopularScience.co.ukMore details
Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations (some col.)
Dimensions
Height: 19 cm
Width: 15.9 cm
Thickness: 2.2 cm
Weight
598 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-72310-4 (9780470723104)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
08/2008
Wiley
€14.99
Available for download
Person
Rebecca Mileham has written for the Sunday times, She magazine, and for museums all over the UK. In ten years at the Science Museum, London, she developed exhibitions on topics as diverse as Charles Babbage's Difference Engines, robotic submarines, face transplants and the male pill.
Content
Introduction. 1. Can Computer Games Affect Your Health? 2. Can Computer Games Change the Way You Think? 3. Can Computer Games Change Who You Are? 4. Can Computer Games Turn You Into an Addict? 5. Can Computer Games Make You Violent? 6. Can Computer Games Change the Way You Learn? 7. Can Computer Games Change Your Beliefs? 8. Can Computer Games Change Your Future? Index.