Co-creating Videogames

Dr John Banks is a senior lecturer (Head of Postgraduate Coursework Studies) and researcher in the Creative Industries faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Australia. He researches and publishes on co-creativity, innovation and social media in the creative industries, especially videogames and interactive entertainment. He has a special interest in organisational and workplace culture. His past decade of research on the topic of co-creativity in the videogames industry includes his recent publication Key Concepts in Creative Industries (2012) with John Hartley, Jason Potts, Stuart Cunningham, Terry Flew and Michael Keane.

Introduction: Co-creating matters
1. Situating Co-creativity
2. Co-creative Technologies
3. Co-creating Trainz
4. Co-creative Labour? (with Sal Humphreys)
5. Co-creative Expertise
6. Modeling Co-creativity: A Co-evolutionary approach (with Jason Potts)
Conclusion: Crafting Co-creative Culture (in Conversation with Will Wright)
Notes
Bibliography
Index