Gaming Cancer
How Building and Playing Video Games Can Accelerate Scientific Discovery
Jeff Yoshimi
- Can
- experimenting
- with
- game
- design
- increase
- our
- chances
- of
- finding
- a
- cure
- for
- cancer?Cancer
- is
- crafty,
- forcing
- us
- to
- be
- just
- as
- clever
- in
- our
- efforts
- to
- outfox
- it—and
- we’ve
- made
- excellent
- progress,
- but
- is
- it
- time
- for
- a
- new
- play
- in
- the
- playbook?
- In
- Gaming
- Cancer,
- Jeff
- Yoshimi
- proposes
- a
- new
- approach
- to
- fighting
- an
- increasingly
- exhausting
- war.
- By
- putting
- the
- work
- of
- cancer
- research
- into
- the
- hands
- of
- nonspecialists,
- Yoshimi
- believes,
- we
- can
- accelerate
- the
- process
- of
- outgaming
- the
- disease
- once
- and
- for
- all.Gamers
- have
- already
- used
- “serious
- games”
- to
- discover
- new
- galaxies,
- digitize
- ancient
- texts,
- decode
- viruses,
- and
- solve
- theoretical
- problems
- in
- neuroscience.
- Cancer
- is
- a
- multilayered
- threat,
- and
- our
- best
- bet
- at
- overcoming
- it
- is
- via
- more
- minds
- working
- in
- concert.
- Gaming
- Cancer
- is
- an
- instruction
- manual
- for
- engineering
- games
- that
- motivate
- users
- to
- strain
- and
- sweat
- to
- find
- cancer
- cures.
- It
- integrates
- game
- design
- with
- research
- in
- cancer
- biology,
- data
- visualization
- techniques,
- and
- developments
- in
- cognitive
- science
- and
- AI
- while
- remaining
- sensitive
- to
- the
- limitations
- of
- citizen
- science
- and
- ethical
- concerns.
- Yoshimi
- sees
- in
- cutting-edge
- game
- technology
- the
- potential
- to
- educate
- and
- empower
- people
- to
- outwit
- cancer,
- an
- indirect
- route
- to
- richer
- science
- literacy
- that
- draws
- on
- the
- boundless
- resources
- of
- the
- mind.This
- book
- offers
- anyone
- invested
- in
- beating
- this
- seemingly
- intractable
- disease
- a
- concrete
- playbook
- that
- combines
- real
- science
- with
- creative
- vision
- in
- an
- effort
- to
- defeat
- the
- boss
- monster, cancer.
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