When teaching becomes learning Book

I hate this book. Gee's attempt to turn video game playing into a metaphor for pedagogical betterment is an example of an entire generation's misunderstanding of this ludic narrative form. It is not Gee's fault that he is born into an analog world, but it bothers and surprises me that so many people still see this book as providing any kind of valid insights. In my view this is the kind of text used in the academy that creates the wrong kinds of dichotomies and inspires the wrong kind of arguments. It consumes productivity by providing the analysis of corporate framing of the computational narrative, instead of pushing for a critical analysis of the framing construct. Perhaps such a work might have provided some food for thought a decade ago, but I doubt it. I think if you want to read a valid book about what video games have to teach us about learning and literacy, take a look at Ito's Engineering Play: A Cultural History of Children's Software