Cooperative Gaming: Diversity in the Games Industry and How to Cultivate Inclusion
暫譯: 合作遊戲：遊戲產業的多樣性及如何培養包容性
Cole, Alayna M., Zammit, Jessica
- 出版商: CRC
- 出版日期: 2020-07-14
- 售價: $5,550
- 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $5,273
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 92
- 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
- ISBN: 0367342804
- ISBN-13: 9780367342807
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商品描述
Cooperative Gaming provides context and practical advice regarding diversity in the games industry. The book begins with a deep dive into research literature and the history of diversity in the games industry to provide context around what diversity is and why it is a topic worth considering. The book looks at the different facets of diversity and games, exploring the issues and solutions within game development, studio management, event planning, and more. It provides people with practical advice around being a marginalized person in the games industry and how to be heard, how studios can support inclusive practices, and events can actively become more accessible to a diverse audience.
Key Features:
- Explores the history of diversity in games
- Provides important information around what it is like to be a marginalized person in the industry
- Gives practical steps to improve the inclusivity of the industry that are designed to aid in contextualizing and upskilling new developers
商品描述(中文翻譯)
《合作遊戲》提供了有關遊戲產業多樣性的背景和實用建議。本書首先深入探討研究文獻和遊戲產業多樣性的歷史，以提供有關多樣性是什麼以及為什麼這是一個值得考慮的主題的背景。本書考察了多樣性和遊戲的不同面向，探索了遊戲開發、工作室管理、活動規劃等方面的問題和解決方案。它為在遊戲產業中處於邊緣化地位的人提供了實用建議，幫助他們如何被聽見，工作室如何支持包容性實踐，以及活動如何能夠主動變得對多元觀眾更具可及性。
主要特色：
- 探索遊戲多樣性的歷史
- 提供有關在產業中作為邊緣化人士的經歷的重要資訊
- 提供改善產業包容性的實用步驟，旨在幫助新開發者理解背景並提升技能
作者簡介
Dr. Alayna Cole is the managing director of Queerly Represent Me, a not-for-profit championing queer representation in games. Alayna is also a producer at Sledgehammer Games, co-chair of the IGDA LGBTQ+ special interest group, and an award-winning games journalist and game developer. She was featured on the 2016 and 2017 Develop Pacific 30 Under 30 lists and the 2017 and 2019 Develop Pacific Women in Games lists, and has received several other accolades in the industry.
Jessica Zammit started writing in 2013 for Start Select Media and for the next five years she followed her interest in writing about representations of mental health, diversity, and particularly, sexuality in video games. Jessica has been speaking about diversity in games at conventions like PAX Australia since 2016 and has been featured on several other discussions in and around the topic of representation in games and games criticism. Along with her co-author, she is co-chair of the IGDA LGBTQ+ special interest group, and was featured on the 2018 Develop Pacific 30 Under 30 and Women in Games lists.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
阿萊娜·科爾博士是非營利組織 Queerly Represent Me 的執行董事，該組織致力於在遊戲中推廣酷兒代表性。阿萊娜同時也是 Sledgehammer Games 的製作人，IGDA LGBTQ+ 特別興趣小組的共同主席，以及一位獲獎的遊戲記者和遊戲開發者。她曾入選 2016 年和 2017 年的 Develop Pacific 30 Under 30 名單，以及 2017 年和 2019 年的 Develop Pacific Women in Games 名單，並在業界獲得多項其他榮譽。
傑西卡·扎米特於 2013 年開始為 Start Select Media 撰寫文章，接下來的五年中，她專注於撰寫有關心理健康、多樣性，特別是性別在視頻遊戲中的表現。自 2016 年以來，傑西卡在 PAX Australia 等會議上討論遊戲中的多樣性，並參與了多個有關遊戲代表性和遊戲評論的討論。她與共同作者共同擔任 IGDA LGBTQ+ 特別興趣小組的共同主席，並入選 2018 年的 Develop Pacific 30 Under 30 和 Women in Games 名單。
