# Do we need a gaming literacy: Literacy metaphor hack

Canonical page: https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2013-04-03-do-we-need-a-gaming-literacy-literacy-metaphor-hack

The piece tests gaming literacy against reading literacy and argues that gaming may become necessary for cultural participation.

Blog post · Metaphor Hacker · 3 April 2013

## Where it lives

- [Read it on Metaphor Hacker (metaphorhacker.net)](https://metaphorhacker.net/2013/04/do-we-need-a-gaming-literacy-literacy-metaphor-hack/)

## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 3 April 2013
- Published in: Metaphor Hacker
- Language: English

Topics: gaming, literacy, digital-technology, socialisation.

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