ISTE Games & Sims Network did a Hangout on LitRPG.

It is new or developing literary genre that your students might be reading.
The upcoming movie based on the book, READY PLAYER ONE, is an example of LitRPG where the main character is inside a game or virtual world.


The overarching theme is usually fantasy or science fiction. Recording https://youtu.be/AZMz2rW_Kag

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZMz2rW_Kag&feature=youtu.be


You can either watch the video or look at the slides to see its components are. Slides http://bit.ly/introlitRPGslides

Intro to LitRPG by Que Jinn, on Flickr