There’s a new issue of Games and Culture out now. It’s a special issue on Games and Aging. Table of content with links after the jump.

Games and Culture Special Issue: Games and Aging January-March, 2016; Vol. 11, No. 1-2 Editorial From Needy and Dependent to Independent Homo Ludens: Exploring Digital Gaming and Older People Charles Musselwhite, Hannah R. Marston, and Shannon Freeman Articles Play and Productivity: The Constitution of Ageing Adults in Research on Digital Games Sara Mosberg Iversen Digital Games as a Source of Enjoyment in Later Life Bob De Schutter and Julie A. Brown On the Conceptualization, Design, and Evaluation of Appealing, Meaningful, and Playable Digital Games for Older People Sergio Sayago, Andrea Rosales, Valeria Righi, Susan M. Ferreira, Graeme W. Coleman, and Josep Blat Social Benefits of Playing Wii Bowling for Older Adults Robyn Schell, Simone Hausknecht, Fan Zhang, and David Kaufman Does Digital Gaming Enable Healthy Aging for Community-Dwelling People With Dementia? Clare Cutler, Ben Hicks, and Anthea Innes Beyond Entertainment: Motivations and Outcomes of Video Game Playing by Older Adults and Their Younger Family Members Sanela Osmanovic and Loretta Pecchioni Older Adults’ Social Interactions in Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs) Fan Zhang and David Kaufman Older Adult Video Game Preferences in Practice: Investigating the Effects of Competing or Cooperating Dustin J. Souders, Walter R. Boot, Neil Charness, and Jerad H. Moxley Flow Experience of Older Adults Using the iStoppFalls Exergame Hannah R. Marston, Michael Kroll, Dennis Fink, and Yves J. Gschwind

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