Volcanoes in video games: the portrayal of volcanoes in commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) video games and their learning potential

McGowan, Edward G.; Scarlett, Jazmin P.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-4-11-2021

Articles | Volume 4, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-4-11-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-4-11-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 4, issue 1

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04 Feb 2021

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Volcanoes in video games: the portrayal of volcanoes in commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) video games and their learning potential

Edward G. McGowan and Jazmin P. Scarlett

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Final revised paper (published on 04 Feb 2021)
Preprint (discussion started on 05 Oct 2020)
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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review', Ian Turner, 11 Oct 2020
- AC1: 'Reply to Reviewer 1', Edward McGowan, 18 Oct 2020
RC2: 're: review of paper', Jamie Pringle, 12 Oct 2020
- AC2: 'Reply to Reviewer 2', Edward McGowan, 18 Oct 2020
SC1: 'Wonderful paper. Some thoughts to consider', Kayla Iacovino, 21 Oct 2020
- SC2: 'Reply to interactive comment', Jazmin Scarlett, 23 Oct 2020
EC1: 'Enjoyable read - some pedagogy thoughts', Steven Rogers, 03 Nov 2020
- AC3: 'Reply to Editor Comments', Edward McGowan, 11 Nov 2020
SC3: 'Review of Volcanoes in video games: The portrayal of volcanoes in Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) video games and their learning potential', John Browning, 21 Nov 2020
- AC4: 'Reply to John Browning', Edward McGowan, 24 Nov 2020

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by editor) (08 Dec 2020) by Steven Rogers

AR by Edward McGowan on behalf of the Authors (08 Dec 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (16 Dec 2020) by Steven Rogers

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (22 Dec 2020) by Iain Stewart (Executive editor)

AR by Edward McGowan on behalf of the Authors (24 Dec 2020) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

Results from reviewing 15 popular video games demonstrate a combination of accuracies and inaccuracies that could impact on people’s self-learning of volcanoes. Several volcanic features are represented to varying degrees of accuracy (stratovolcanoes and calderas, lava flows, volcanic ash, and lava bombs), whereas health risks are often inaccurate. Suggested applications of the findings for educational environments are given, such as group projects in open-world games.