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Biography
Alan Hook is a researcher in New Media and Play, and has worked in games and virtual environments development for over 10 years. He has exhibited his research internationally in America and Europe working with international festivals such as Zero1 in San Jose, Paraflows in Vienna and RXIC in Riga. He has exhibited virtual environments research in The Tech Museum, Americas largest Science and Technology Museum and continues to work with virtual environments and immersive game experiences as a way to build understanding of complex social, cultural and political issues. Alan’s current research looks at games as a way to tackle ‘wicked problems’ such as Climate Change or Civic and Societal Responsibility. Alan was shortlisted for the AHRC and BBC’s New Generation Thinkers Award for his work in digital design and play and empathy.
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Research Output 2007 2018
‘Where is my Googleplex?’ Rethinking vocational learning and teaching spaces for Digital Media curriculums
Hook, A., Hickey, A. & Jackson, H. 5 Sep 2018Research output: Research - peer-review › Article
digital media
curriculum
Teaching
learning
media industry
Games Design Research through Game Design Practice
Hook, A. & Coulton, P. 20 Dec 2017 Game Design Research: An Introduction to Theory and Practice. Lankoski, P. & Holopainen, J. (eds.). Pittsburgh, p. 97 116 p.Research output: Research - peer-review › Chapter
Open Access
File
Human computer interaction
Social sciences
Lenses
The Game Did Not Take Place—This Is Not A Game and blurring the Lines of Fiction
Hook, A. 20 Apr 2017 Alternate Reality Games and the Cusp of Digital Gameplay. Garcia, A. & Niemeyer, G. (eds.). p. 00-00Research output: Research - peer-review › Chapter
A Transmedia Topology of 'Making a Murderer
Hook, A., Barrios-O'Neill, D. & Mairs Dyer, J. 31 Dec 2016 5, 10, p. 124-139Research output: Research - peer-review › Article
Open Access
File
Murderers
Topology
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Gaming
Textuality
Fun and Software Edited by Olga Goriunova
Hook, A. 21 Jul 2016 20, 12Research output: Research - peer-review › Article
Open Access
File
critical theory
computer science
pain
programming
art
Prizes
Best Use of Educational Technology / ICT Initiative of the Year
Adrian Hickey (Recipient), Helen Jackson (Recipient) & Alan Hook (Recipient), 19 Apr 2018
Prize: Honorary award