Play’s Republic

I’ve not gotten Sicart’s paper yet, but I did have a copy of his dissertation (he’s a 2006-minted PhD, and still smells like New Car). I should point out before the link that I’ve not had time to read these, so I don’t know what to expect.

Here is Miguel Sicart’s dissertation on Video Games, Players, and Ethics as a 23MB PDF.

Here is the dissertation of his colleague, Jonas Heide Smith, on videogames’ shaping of player behavior.

If we find anything useful or interesting in these, let’s talk about them next week (it’s not obligatory reading).