RPGs and Education/Literature

[Stormborn]

Is anyone aware of any scholarly academic work that has been done on RPGs and their use in education or RPGs as Literature? I am sure this has been discussed here before, but at the moment can't really find it.

Thanks.

 

[bolen]

I have always thought that RPG's increase math skills but I can not prove that.

 

[arwink]

Daniel Mackay "The Fantasy Role-playing Game: A New Performing Art"

 

[William Ronald]

Is anyone aware of any scholarly academic work that has been done on RPGs and their use in education or RPGs as Literature? I am sure this has been discussed here before, but at the moment can't really find it.

Thanks.

You might find a few good links at The Escapist, a gaming advocacy site.

 

[twwombat]

Actually, there was one and possibly several projects done at WPI (Worcester, MA) about LARPing (and RPGs in general) as a basis for modeling social interactions and predictive studies. I was involved in the game, but not the project. I doubt it's online anywhere, but I'll see if I can dig up any more info about it...