RPG and Design Game Research

The links below cover a selection of the background material used to prepare posts. Most articles are freely available for download but a few require an academic journals account. The links are not presented in a particular order. Annotations and further links will follow as soon as time allows.

Academic Accounts

• Simulation & Gaming: An International Journal of Theory, Practice and Research
• Childress, Marcus D. andBraswell, Ray(2006) ‘Using Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games for Online Learning’, Distance Education, 27: 2, 187 — 196.
• Rapid digital game creation for broadening participation in computing and fostering crucial thinking skills. International Journal of Social and Humanistic Computing 2009 – Vol. 1, No.2 pp. 123 – 137.

Open Access

• Role-Playing Exercises
• Role-play for medical students learning about communication: Guidelines for maximising benefits
• The Role of Pretend Play in Children’s Cognitive Development
• At M.I.T., Large Lectures Are Going the Way of the Blackboard
• Web-based simulations as teaching and learning media in Political Science
• The Higher Education Academy: Economics Network: Classroom Experiments & Games
• Smart Tools for Smart Power
• Blinka, L. (2008). The Relationship of Players to Their Avatars in MMORPGs: Differences between Adolescents, Emerging Adults and Adults. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 2(1), article 5.
• The Byron Report (2008) (Registration required)
• The Serious Need For Play
• Role play in blended learning: A case study exploring the impact of story and other elements