Biography
Faltin Karlsen is Professor of Media Studies at The Norwegian School of Information Technology, Norway.
"Faltin Karlsen has written a book that challenges popular understandings of the practice of playing, and he offers strong, alternative viewpoints, written in an easily accessible style. The book is rich on references, and has a strong, well-developed literature list. And while it does point out that a lot of the fear of gaming is a result of prejudice and lack of familiarity with the topic, Karlsen does not fall into the trap of rejecting the idea that games can lead to problems. There is still reason to be aware of the excesses."— Torill Mortensen, IT University of Copenhagen, Cultural Sociology
