Serious Games: Mechanisms and Effects

"Serious Games provides a thorough exploration of the claim that playing games can provide learning that is deep, sustained and transferable to the real world. ""Serious games"" is defined herein as any form of interactive computer-based game softwar e f or one or multiple players to be used on any platform and that has been developed to provide more than entertainment to players. With this volume, the editors address the gap in exisiting scholarship on gaming, providing an academic overview on t he m echanisms and effects of serious games. Contributors investigate the psychological mechanisms that take place not only during gaming, but also in game selection, persistent play, and gaming impact. "