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Tag Archives: ludology
Crouch, Aim, Shoot: The Game Mechanics We Take For Granted
To clarify, I’m not implying that some mechanics are more appreciated than others (although this might certainly be the case). What I’m trying to say is that we use “mechanics” (such as crouching, aiming, and shooting) without really understanding what … Continue reading
What Playing The Sims Can Teach Us About Ourselves
Games can be considered procedural models in the sense that they are a series of representational objects governed by a set of rules (thank you, Ian). Ok, hold that thought. In my humble opinion, humans understand (just about) everything by … Continue reading
Game Design + Game Studies= Profit1!!
“We can reflect upon games by making them. Experimental games are a powerful tool for thinking about and communicating ideas about games.” – Chaim Gimgold. This quote reflects Gimgold’s conclusion on his review of Nintendo’s WarioWare Inc.: Mega MicroGame$. What … Continue reading
(Video) Game (Music) Studies: I am excite!
So the latest article I’ve come across in my quest to know all about game studies was actually about an academic approach to videogame music. :0 (le gasp) This rocks hardcore for a number of reasons. For one, videogame music … Continue reading
Conceptualizing Play and Game: Hardcore
I’ve actually discussed the intricacies of defining play and game before, most notably in my post on the magic circle, but I came across and article that really tries to flesh out “the logico-formalistic configurations that as such act as … Continue reading
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Tagged Arseth, bogost, caillois, conceptualizing games, culin, discussion about games, eskelinen, frasca, game play, game studies, game theory, gamer, games, huizinga, Juul, klevjar, ludology, mayra, play and culture, play theory, video games
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Recommend/ Review: Perspectives of Computer Game Philology
Don’t be discouraged by the somewhat bland title, reader. The article I’m about to recommend/review is quite compelling. First of all, the author attempts to diffuse some of the problems and accusations that come with multidisciplinary approaches to game studies, … Continue reading
Mixed Feeling on Mass Effect 2: Game play
Mass Effect 2 was like one of the season finales for LOST. What I mean by that is that parts of it are brilliant, thought provoking, and just downright cool, but it’s hard to make an assessment of the game … Continue reading
Playing The Cutscene in Mass Effect
SPOILER AHEAD- When players can convince the final boss of a game to blow his own Turian brains out by manipulating the dialogue mechanic of the game, players are not only playing the cut scene; they are winning it, and … Continue reading
Posted in Alphabet1's Analysis, Uncategorized
Tagged conceptualizing games, discussion about games, game play, game representation, game studies, game theory, gamer, ludology, mass effect, narratology, paragon, play and culture, play theory, renegade, saren, saren kills himself, video game criticism, video games
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The Magic Circle: Criticisms and variations
disclaimer: I have not read Johan Huizinga’s Homo Ludens: A Study of of the Play Element in Culture. I’ve only read other scholars’ descriptions. However, I still think I know enough to talk about it; trust me, reader =] I … Continue reading
Core, Shell, and Culture
Would Halo be Halo without the Master Chief? Could we identify the game if all the representational facets were changed or erased? What if we kept the core, but we played as a pokemon using a paintball gun? Would I … Continue reading
Posted in methodology, Theory
Tagged discussion about games, game play, game representation, game studies, gamer, games, halo, huizinga, ludology, mayra, meaning, play and culture, video game criticism, video games
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