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Exploitationware to Careware: Players, Scientists and Epistemic Games

Posted by: Casey O'Donnell on September 18, 2014 in Presentations Comments Off on Exploitationware to Careware: Players, Scientists and Epistemic Games 4,389 views 30

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I’ll be at Taylor University next week, giving a guest lecture.

Title: Exploitationware to Careware: Players, Scientists and Epistemic Games

Abstract:
From gamification to crowdsourcing, games increasingly are finding homes in the unlikeliest of places. In this talk, I will discuss the trajectory of social games, learning games and citizen-scientist powered crowdsourcing games and the broad implications of these technologies.

Tagged with: Careware Crowdsourcing Epistemic Games Science Games

About Casey O'Donnell

Casey O'Donnell is an Associate Professor in the Department of Media and Information at Michigan State University. He is part of the games faculty and Games for Entertainment and Learning (GEL) lab at MSU. He is also part of the game development collective Affinity Games. His research examines the creative collaborative work of videogame design and development. This research examines the cultural and collaborative dynamics that occur in both professional "AAA" organizations and formal and informal "independent" game development communities. His research has spanned game development companies from the United States to India. His research examines issues of work, production, copyright, as well as third world and postcolonial aspects of the videogame development workplace.

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