The Spread and Impact of Game Innovations: A Systematic Review of Academic and Applied Domains.

Kurt Squire

Constance Steinkuehler Kurt Squire The Spread and Impact of Game Innovations: A Systematic Review of Academic and Applied Domains. 2026 March 4:1-4:44 4 Games Res. Pract. 1 https://doi.org/10.1145/3785325 db/journals/gamesrp/gamesrp4.html#SteinkuehlerS26 streams/journals/gamesrp

Richard Martinez Mark Van Hollebeke Kurt Squire Tong Wu Marco Zamarato Generative Dreams: Rethinking GenAI Design Through a Community-based Approach with Recently Incarcerated, Gang Affiliated, and At-risk Young Adults at a Trauma Informed Arts Center. 680:1-680:9 2025 CHI Extended Abstracts https://doi.org/10.1145/3706599.3706679 conf/chi/2025a db/conf/chi/chi2025a.html#MartinezHSWZ25 Lika Haizhou Liu Xi Lu 0002 Pei-Chun Chiang Daniel A. Epstein Kurt Squire Meditating Together: Practices, Benefits and Challenges of Meditation on Social Virtual Reality. 984:1-984:20 2025 CHI https://doi.org/10.1145/3706598.3713172 conf/chi/2025 db/conf/chi/chi2025.html#Liu0CES25

Garrison Wells Agnes Romhanyi Jason G. Reitman Reginald T. Gardner Kurt Squire Constance Steinkuehler Right-Wing Extremism in Mainstream Games: A Review of the Literature. 469-492 2024 19 Games Cult. 4 https://doi.org/10.1177/15554120231167214 db/journals/gac/gac19.html#WellsRRGSS24

Richard Martinez Kurt Squire Engaging recently incarcerated and gang affiliated Black and Latino/a young adults in designing social collocated applications for mixed reality smart glasses through community-based participatory design workshops. 871:1-871:17 2024 CHI https://doi.org/10.1145/3613904.3642895 https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q130897118 conf/chi/2024 db/conf/chi/chi2024.html#MartinezS24

Kurt Squire Garrison Wells Maria J. Anderson-Coto Constance Steinkuehler Casual Games, Cognition, and Play across the Lifespan: A Critical Synthesis. 14:1-14:25 2023 1 Games Res. Pract. 2 https://doi.org/10.1145/3594534 db/journals/gamesrp/gamesrp1.html#SquireWAS23

Nicholas Persa Craig G. Anderson Richard Martinez Max Collins Maria J. Anderson-Coto Kurt Squire Enhancing Youth Self-Regulation Through Wearable Apps: Increasing Usage Through Participatory Design in Low Income Youth. 40:1-40:34 2022 29 ACM Trans. Comput. Hum. Interact. 5 https://doi.org/10.1145/3490169 https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q130893287 db/journals/tochi/tochi29.html#PersaAMCAS22

Bill Tomlinson Michael Six Silberman Andrew W. Torrance Kurt Squire Paramdeep S. Atwal Ameya N. Mandalik Sahil Railkar Rebecca W. Black A Participatory Simulation of the Accountable Capitalism Act. 1-13 2020 CHI https://doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376326 https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q127162416 conf/chi/2020 db/conf/chi/chi2020.html#TomlinsonSTSAMR20 Craig G. Anderson John V. Binzak Jennifer Dalsen Jenny Saucerman Anna Jordan-Douglass Vishesh Kumar Aybuke Turker Matthew Berland Kurt Squire Constance Steinkuehler Situating Deep Multimodal Data on Game-Based STEM Learning. 2016 ICLS https://repository.isls.org/handle/1/357 conf/icls/2016 db/conf/icls/icls2016.html#AndersonBDSJKTB16 Mark E. Stenerson Allison Salmon Matthew Berland Kurt Squire Adage: an open API for data collection in educational games. 437-438 2014 CHI PLAY https://doi.org/10.1145/2658537.2661325 conf/chiplay/2014 db/conf/chiplay/chiplay2014.html#StenersonSBS14 Mina C. Johnson-Glenberg Caroline Savio-Ramos Katherine K. Perkins Emily B. Moore Robb Lindgren Douglas B. Clark Corey E. Brady Pratim Sengupta Mario Martinez-Garza Deanne Adams Stephen S. Killingsworth Grant Van Eaton Matthew Gaydos Amanda Barany Kurt Squire Nathan R. Holbert Science Sims and Games: Best Design Practices and Fave Flops. 2014 ICLS https://repository.isls.org/handle/1/961 conf/icls/2014 db/conf/icls/icls2014.html#Johnson-Glenberg14

Norah E. Dunbar Scott N. Wilson Bradley J. Adame Javier Elizondo Matthew L. Jensen Claude H. Miller Abigail Allums Kauffman Toby Seltsam Elena Bessarabova Cindy Vincent Sara K. Straub Ryan Ralston Christopher L. Dulawan Dennis Ramirez Kurt Squire Joseph S. Valacich Judee K. Burgoon MACBETH: Development of a Training Game for the Mitigation of Cognitive Bias. 7-26 2013 3 Int. J. Game Based Learn. 4 https://doi.org/10.4018/ijgbl.2013100102 db/journals/ijgbl/ijgbl3.html#DunbarWAEJMKSBVSRDRSVB13

José Bidarra Meagan Rothschild Kurt Squire Mauro J. G. Figueiredo The AIDLET Model: A Framework for Selecting Games, Simulations and Augmented Reality Environments in Mobile Learning. 50-71 2013 8 Int. J. Web Based Learn. Teach. Technol. 4 https://doi.org/10.4018/ijwltt.2013100104 db/journals/ijwltt/ijwltt8.html#BidarraRSF13

David Hatfield Gabriella Anton Amanda Ochsner Kurt Squire R. Benjamin Shapiro Ivan Alex Games Studio K: Tools for Game Design and Computational Thinking. 400-403 2013 CSCL (2) conf/cscl/2013-2 db/conf/cscl/cscl2013-2.html#HatfieldAOSSG13 https://repository.isls.org/handle/1/1933 Kurt Squire Richard Halverson Craig Kasemodel R. Benjamin Shapiro Matthew Gaydos V. Elizabeth Owen Mike Beall Dennis Paiz-Ramirez CyberSTEM: Making Discovery Visible Through Digital Games. 413-417 2013 CSCL (2) conf/cscl/2013-2 db/conf/cscl/cscl2013-2.html#SquireHKSGOBP13 https://repository.isls.org/handle/1/1937 Matthew Gaydos Kurt Squire Dennis Ramirez Ryan Martinez Clem Samson-Samuel Educational Game Design - Prototyping with Purpose. 433-434 2013 CSCL (2) conf/cscl/2013-2 db/conf/cscl/cscl2013-2.html#GaydosSRMS13 Eric Klopfer Josh Sheldon Louisa Rosenheck Judy Perry Kurt Squire Jim Mathews Bob Coulter Matt Dunleavy R. Benjamin Shapiro Augmented Reality Games: Place-based Digital Learning. 2011 CSCL https://repository.isls.org/handle/1/2401 conf/cscl/2011 db/conf/cscl/cscl2011.html#KlopferSRPSMCDS11

Timothy K. Shih Kurt Squire Rynson W. H. Lau Guest Editorial: Special Section on Game-Based Learning. 278-280 2010 3 IEEE Trans. Learn. Technol. 4 https://doi.org/10.1109/TLT.2010.39 http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/TLT.2010.39 https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q125910253 db/journals/tlt/tlt3.html#ShihSL10

Ming-Fong Jan Kurt Squire Learning argumentation through a role-playing game-based curriculum. 247-248 2010 ICLS http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1854635 conf/icls/2010-2 db/conf/icls/icls2010-2.html#JanS10

Ben DeVane Kurt Squire The Meaning of Race and Violence in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. 264-285 2008 3 Games Cult. 3-4 https://doi.org/10.1177/1555412008317308 https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q56288378 db/journals/gac/gac3.html#DeVaneS08

Ivan Alex Games Kurt Squire Design thinking in gamestar mechanic: the role of gamer experience on the appropriation of the discourse practices of game designers. 257-264 2008 ICLS (1) https://repository.isls.org/handle/1/3102 http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1599842 conf/icls/2008-1 db/conf/icls/icls2008-1.html#GamesS08 James Paul Gee Elisabeth R. Hayes Robert J. Torres Ivan Alex Games Kurt Squire Katie Salen Playing to learn game design skills in a game context. 368-374 2008 ICLS (3) https://repository.isls.org/handle/1/3276 http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1600040 conf/icls/2008-3 db/conf/icls/icls2008-3.html#GeeHTGSS08 Kurt Squire Sean Duncan Ben DeVane Moses Wolfenstein Rik Hunter Gamer communities, design, and learning: panel proposal. 31-33 2008 Sandbox@SIGGRAPH https://doi.org/10.1145/1401843.1401848 https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131114280 conf/siggraph/2008sandbox db/conf/siggraph/sandbox2008.html#SquireDDWH08 Richard Halverson David Williamson Shaffer Kurt Squire Constance Steinkuehler Theorizing Games in/and Education. 2006 ICLS https://repository.isls.org/handle/1/3474 conf/icls/2006 db/conf/icls/icls2006.html#HalversonSSS06 David Williamson Shaffer Kurt Squire The Pasteurization of Education. 2006 ICLS https://repository.isls.org/handle/1/3576 conf/icls/2006 db/conf/icls/icls2006.html#ShafferS06 Robin Hunicke Alice Robison Kurt Squire Constance Steinkuehler Games, learning and literacy. 19 2006 Sandbox@SIGGRAPH https://doi.org/10.1145/1183316.1183320 https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131116404 conf/siggraph/2006sandbox db/conf/siggraph/sandbox2006.html#HunickeRSS06 Kurt Squire Designing Learning Systems for an Interactive Age. 13-14 2006 USAB conf/usab/2006 db/conf/usab/usab2006.html#Squire06 Eric Klopfer Judy Perry Kurt Squire Ming-Fong Jan Collaborative learning through augmented reality role playing. 311-315 2005 CSCL https://repository.isls.org/handle/1/3696 http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1149333 conf/cscl/2005 db/conf/cscl/cscl2005.html#KlopferPSJ05 Eric Klopfer Judy Perry Kurt Squire Ming-Fong Jan Constance Steinkuehler Mystery at the museum: a collaborative game for museum education. 316-320 2005 CSCL https://repository.isls.org/handle/1/3697 http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1149334 conf/cscl/2005 db/conf/cscl/cscl2005.html#KlopferPSJS05 Kurt Squire Levi Giovanetto The Higher Education of Gaming. 2005 conf/digra/2005 DiGRA Conference db/conf/digra/digra2005.html#SquireG05 Eric Klopfer Kurt Squire Getting Your Socks Wet: Augmented Reality Environmental Science. 2004 ICLS https://repository.isls.org/handle/1/4032 conf/icls/2004 db/conf/icls/icls2004.html#KlopferS04 Kurt Squire Sasha A. Barab Replaying History: Engaging Urban Underserved Students in Learning World History Through Computer Simulation Games. 2004 ICLS https://repository.isls.org/handle/1/3990 conf/icls/2004 db/conf/icls/icls2004.html#SquireB04 Kurt Squire Mike Barnett 0002 Jamillah M. Grant Thomas Higginbotham Electromagnetism Supercharged! Learning Physics with Digital Simulation Games. 2004 ICLS https://repository.isls.org/handle/1/3991 conf/icls/2004 db/conf/icls/icls2004.html#SquireBGH04

Henry Jenkins Eric Klopfer Kurt Squire Philip Tan Entering the education arcade. 17 2003 1 Comput. Entertain. 1 https://doi.org/10.1145/950566.950591 db/journals/cie/cie1.html#JenkinsKST03

Kurt Squire Video games in education. 49-62 2003 2 Int. J. Intell. Games Simul. 1 http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/OJS_IJIGS/index.php/IJIGS/article/view/38 db/journals/ijigs/ijigs2.html#Squire03

Kurt Squire Cultural Framing of Computer/Video Games. 2002 2 Game Stud. 1 http://www.gamestudies.org/0102/squire/ db/journals/gamestudies/gamestudies2.html#Squire02

Eric Klopfer Kurt Squire Henry Jenkins Environmental Detectives: PDAs as a Window into a Virtual Simulated World. 95-98 2002 conf/wmte/2002 WMTE https://doi.org/10.1109/WMTE.2002.1039227 https://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/WMTE.2002.1039227 db/conf/wmte/wmte2002.html#KlopferSJ02 Bradley J. Adame Deanne Adams Craig G. Anderson Maria J. Anderson-Coto Gabriella Anton Paramdeep S. Atwal Sasha A. Barab Amanda Barany Mike Barnett 0002 Mike Beall Matthew Berland Elena Bessarabova José Bidarra John V. Binzak Rebecca W. Black Corey E. Brady Judee K. Burgoon Pei-Chun Chiang Douglas B. Clark Max Collins Bob Coulter Jennifer Dalsen Benjamin DeVaneBen DeVane Christopher L. Dulawan Norah E. Dunbar Sean Duncan Matt Dunleavy Grant Van Eaton Javier Elizondo Daniel A. Epstein Mauro J. G. Figueiredo Ivan Alex Games Reginald T. Gardner Matthew Gaydos James Paul Gee Levi Giovanetto Jamillah M. Grant Richard Halverson David Hatfield Elisabeth R. Hayes Thomas Higginbotham Nathan R. Holbert Mark Van Hollebeke Robin Hunicke Rik Hunter Ming-Fong Jan Henry Jenkins Matthew L. Jensen Mina Johnson-GlenbergMina C. Johnson-Glenberg Anna Jordan-Douglass Craig Kasemodel Abigail Allums Kauffman Stephen S. Killingsworth Eric Klopfer Vishesh Kumar Rynson W. H. Lau Robb Lindgren Lika Haizhou Liu Xi Lu 0002 Ameya N. Mandalik Richard Martinez Ryan Martinez Mario Martinez-Garza James MathewsJim Mathews Claude H. Miller Emily B. Moore Amanda Ochsner V. Elizabeth Owen Katherine K. Perkins Judy Perry Nicholas Persa Sahil Railkar Ryan Ralston Dennis RamirezDennis Paiz-Ramirez Jason G. Reitman Alice Robison Agnes Romhanyi Louisa Rosenheck Meagan Rothschild Allison Salmon Clem Samson-Samuel Jenny Saucerman Caroline Savio-Ramos Toby Seltsam Pratim Sengupta David Williamson Shaffer R. Benjamin Shapiro Josh Sheldon Timothy K. Shih Michael Six Silberman Constance Steinkuehler Mark E. Stenerson Sara K. Straub Philip Tan Katie Salen TekinbasKatie Salen Bill Tomlinson Andrew TorranceAndrew W. Torrance Robert J. Torres Aybuke Turker Joseph S. Valacich Cindy Vincent Garrison Wells Scott N. Wilson Moses Wolfenstein Tong Wu Marco Zamarato