Games

Name: Games
Brand: Emerald Publishing Limited

Emerald Publishing Limited

GamesAuthor(s): Sandra Danilovic\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Emerald Publishing Limited, United Kingdom\nImprint: Emerald Publishing Limited\nISBN-13: 9781800435971, 978-1800435971\nSynopsis\nIn the last decade, digital games have been reinvented as vehicles of self-expression, sense-making, empathy, and healing, rather than just as tools of distraction from pain or discomfort.\n\nBut arent games supposed to whisk us away to a magical world of fun and fantasy and distract us from reality? Why would we want to confront lifes challenges or hardships, for example, terminal illness, when playing a game?\n\nReimagining how we understand health, illness, life, and death, gaming expert Sandra Danilovic advocates for the potential games have to transform healthcare practices beyond the clinic or hospital in the way we care for each other and for ourselves. From the experimental and the accessible to virtual reality and interactive fiction, and even providing a DIY guide for creating your .