Modding the history of science: Values at play in modder discussions of sid meier's civilization

Simulation and Gaming

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 481-495

  Owens, Trevor ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

civil consensus building; CIVILIZATION; discourse analysis; discursive practices; historical authenticity; historical models; historical thinking; history; history of science; modding; possibility spaces; public understanding of science; simulations; strategy games

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052409483     PISSN: 10468781     EISSN: 1552826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046878110366277     Document Type: Article

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