The Art of Failure: An Essay on the Pain of Playing Video Games by Jesper Juul
The nutshell: Using the lenses of psychology, philosophy, game design, and fiction, New York University gaming scholar Juul explores the strange paradox of video games: we hate losing, but we only like games in which we lose most of the time.
Cal State LA psychologist Kaveri Subrahmanyam directs the Cal State LA/UCLA Children’s Digital Media Center @L.A. Before participating in a panel on video games and education, she talked about why …
Chris Dahlen writes scripts for video games and covers pop culture for a number of websites and magazines; he is also the former editor-in-chief and co-founder of the gaming journal …
Video game designer Richard Lemarchand’s games include the Uncharted series; currently, he is a visiting associate professor at the USC Interactive Media Division. Before participating in a panel on the …
Linguist James Gee is the Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies at Arizona State University and an advocate for video gaming in education. Before participating in a panel …
Pak Mann Arcade, on Colorado Avenue in Pasadena, seemed to be on a downward slide for its entire existence. It was always skanky. Sweat- and Big Gulp-soaked linoleum. The place smelled like …
