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Foreword(From the First Edition)Prologue:My GrandfatherChapter One:Why Write this Book?Chapter Two:How the Brain WorksChapter Three:What Games AreChapter Four:What Games Teach UsChapter Five:What Games Aren’’tChapter Six:Different Fun For Different FolksChapter Seven:The Problem With LearningChapter Eight:The Problem With PeopleChapter Nine:Games in ContextChapter Ten:The Ethics of EntertainmentChapter Eleven:Where Games Should GoChapter Twelve:Taking Their Rightful PlaceEpilogue:Fun Matters,GrandpaAfterword:Ten Years LaterNotes