Foreword / James P. Gee

Introduction / Gail E. Hawisher and Cynthia L. Selfe

part I: Gaming and literacy. Computer gaming as literacy / Cynthia L.Selfe, Anne F. Mareck, and Josh Gardiner

Transcultural literacies of gaming / Iswari P. Pandey, Laxman Pandey, and Angish Shreshtha

Lost (and found) in translation : game localization, cultural models, and critical literacy / Erin Smith and Eve Deitsch

Gaming, identity, and literacy / Daniel Keller with Paul Ardis, Vivienne Dunstan, Adam Thornton, Rachel Henry, and Brent Witty

Interchapter I: What some girls say about gaming

part II: The social dimensions of gaming. Narrative, action, and learning : the stories of Myst / Debra Journet

Gaming, agency, and imagination : locating gaming within a larger constellation of literacies / Deanna McGaughey-Summers and Russell Summers

Relationship gaming and identity : Stephanie and Josh / JoAnn Griffin

Dungeons, dragons, and discretion : a gateway to gaming, technology, and literacy / Stephanie Owen Fleischer, Susan A. Wright, and Matthew L. Barnes

Interchapter II: What some 20-something players say about gaming

part III: Gaming and difference. "A real effect on the gameplay" : computer gaming, sexuality, and literacy / Jonathan Alexander with Mack McCoy and Carlos Velez

Taking flight : learning differences meet gaming literacies / Matthew Bunce, Marjorie Hebert, and J. Christopher Collins

Racing toward representation : an understanding of racial representation in video games / Samantha Blackmon with Daniel J. Terrell

Portrait of a gray gamer : a maco-self reading the big picture / John E. Branscum with Frank Quickert

Gender matters : literacy, learning, and gaming in one American family / Pamela Takayoshi

Interchapter III: What early gamers say about gaming

Afterword : the return of the player / Dmitri Williams.