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Books on Gaming and Simulations

The following are recommended books on gaming and simulations, especially as related to learning and training. For more information about any of the books listed on this page, click the book title to go to Amazon.com.

The Kids are Alright: How the Gamer Generation is Changing the Workplace by John Beck and Mitchell Wade Harvard Business School Press, 2006		Joystick Nation, How Videogames Ate Our Quarters, Won Our Hearts and Rewired Our Minds by J.C. Herz Little Brown, 1997
Extra Life, Coming of Age in Cyberspace By David Bennehum Basic Books, 1998		Digital Game-Based Learning by Marc Prensky McGraw-Hill, 2001.
Game Development Essentials: An Introduction by Jeannie Novak		Endangered Minds: Why Children Don't Think and What We Can Do About It by Jane Healy Simon & Schuster, 1990.
Rules of Play by Katie Salin and Eric Zimmerman MIT Press, 2003		Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman Penguin, 1985.
Learning Online with Games, Simulations, and Virtual Worlds: Strategies for Online Instruction		Deep Play By Diane Ackerman Random House, 1999
Thiagi's 100 Favorite Games		The Complete Guide to Simulations and Serious Games: How the Most Valuable Content Will be Created in the Age Beyond Gutenberg to Google