Games criticism

23-February-2006

[ ICT and learning , Media literacy ]
Should computer games criticism be included in the school curriculum?

Guardian Unlimited Technology | Technology | Aleks Krotoski: Gamesblog:

This one has been hanging around in my editor for a couple of weeks . Very nice short article in the Guardian which suggests that computer games should be included in the school curriculum. I posed this around the office and met with a horrified response. But if we teach literary criticism and increasingly media criticism why ignore games which have become part of mainstream culture for young people.

"Only independent critical consumption of other games divines the underlying message of a game from the social context in which it is played. Unfortunately, given the rampant misunderstanding of the content of computer games, it may be some time before games criticism is included in the school curriculum."

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Graham Attwell; 23-February-2006 13:13:17;