Source: Brian Ladd, SUNY Potsdam, SIGCSE 2008 Debate

Computer games reflect current culture:

• "Many in the current cohort of undergraduates plan and enjoy computer games"
• "video games are cultural artifacts reflecting the society that produced them."
• New field of "game studies" explores relationships between games and culture
• study of games can shed insights on issues of gender representation in games, roles of groups, public image of cultures

created 29 September 2008 last revised 29 September 2008

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