May 2016
Beginner
334 pages
11h 20m
English
Melissa Bianchi and Kyle Bohunicky
In a 2012 interview with Internet forum Big Think, John Seely Brown, drawing on the work of Huizinga and Juul, stirred up controversy across gaming communities and business publications by claiming that World of Warcraft (WoW) players were preferable job candidates to many professionals who possess Masters degrees in Business Administration. “I would rather hire a high-level World of Warcraft player than an MBA from Harvard,” announced Brown, who suggests that WoW’s advantages for professionalization emerge from its gameplay and organizational structure. Despite the surprise of ...