The role-playing society: essays on the cultural influence of RPGs

"This illustrates the appeal and impact of role-playing games. Topics range from a critical reexamination of the Satanic Panic of the 1980s, to the growing significance of RPGs in education, to the potential for "serious" RPGs to provoke awareness and social change. Discusses ways in...

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Other Authors: Byers, Andrew (Editor), Crocco, Francesco (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers [2016]
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Summary:"This illustrates the appeal and impact of role-playing games. Topics range from a critical reexamination of the Satanic Panic of the 1980s, to the growing significance of RPGs in education, to the potential for "serious" RPGs to provoke awareness and social change. Discusses ways in which the values, concepts and mechanics of RPGs have infiltrated popular culture"...
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:viii, 312 Seiten
ISBN:9780786498833

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