Ethics and Game Design: Teaching Values through Play Karen Schrier Columbia University, USA David Gibson Arizona State University, USA InformatIon scIence reference Hershey • New York Director of Editorial Content: Director of Book Publications: Acquisitions Editor: Development Editor: Typesetter: Quality control: Cover Design: Printed at: Kristin Klinger Julia Mosemann Lindsay Johnston Christine Bufton Jamie Snavely Jamie Snavely Lisa Tosheff Yurchak Printing Inc. Published in the United States of America by Information Science Reference (an imprint of IGI Global) 701 E. Chocolate Avenue Hershey PA 17033 Tel: 717-533-8845 Fax: 717-533-8661 E-mail:
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