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NYC Youth & Gaming, part 4: Gaming the Future

The second part of this research project, detailed in the previous post, explored the community context of games. The third and final part of the research, explored in this post, is about youth use games to shape their future. More … Continue reading

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NYC Youth & Gaming, part 3: Community as Context for Gaming

The first part of this research project, detailed in the previous post, explored what games youth are playing and how they use games to manage their feelings and shape their identity. In other words, games and the self.  The second … Continue reading

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NYC Youth & Gaming, part 2: Managing Feelings, Shaping Identities

In this post we will look at how NYC teens use video games to manage their feelings and shape their identity. This is the second of four posts (the previous being Re-centering Around Agency). 5. GAMES THEY PLAY The 20 … Continue reading

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NYC Youth & Gaming, part 1: Re-centering Around Agency

1. TEENS, VIDEO GAMES, & AGENCY Earlier this year I was tasked with learning what roles video games play in the lives of NYC teenagers – specifically Black and brown high school students. I entered the project well aware of … Continue reading

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