Towards Computer Game Studies
Markku Eskelinen2004-05-22Source URL: Introduction: Ludology A concept introduced to computer game studies by Gonzalo Frasca in 1998. and NarratologyIt is relatively stress-free to write about computer...
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Espen Aarseth2004-05-21Source URL: Introduction: Stories and GamesCurrently in game and digital culture studies, a controversy rages over the relevance of narratology for game aesthetics. One side...
View ArticleCelia Pearce responds
Celia Pearce2004-01-10Riposte to: Introduction to Game TimeSource URL: Jesper Juul's paper is excellent - it goes into real depth in looking at the conventions of time in game play. It also points out...
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Mizuko Ito2004-01-10Riposte to: Introduction to Game TimeSource URL: The question of representational realism and fidelity in the case of time is particularly intriguing. What are the trade-offs for...
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Eric Zimmerman2004-01-11Riposte to: Narrative, Interactivity, Play, and GamesSource URL: First of all, thanks to Chris Crawford and Jesper Juul for their insightful responses. On my planet, thoughtful...
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Noah Wardrip-Fruin2004-07-11Source URL: In his 1974 Computer Lib/Dream Machines, Ted Nelson argued that human-computer interaction design was more properly viewed as an analogue of moviemaking than of...
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Nick Montfort2005-04-17Source URL: Asking whether a new media artifact is a story or a game is like asking of a poem: Which is it? Narrative or metrical? This contrived question holds two dangers. Most...
View ArticleCelia Pearce responds
byCelia Pearce2004-01-10Riposte to: Introduction to Game TimeSource URL: Jesper Juul’s paper is excellent - it goes into real depth in looking at the conventions of time in game play. It also points...
View ArticleEric Zimmerman responds in turn
byEric Zimmerman2004-01-11Riposte to: Narrative, Interactivity, Play, and GamesSource URL: First of all, thanks to Chris Crawford and Jesper Juul for their insightful responses. On my planet,...
View ArticleGame Theories
byNoah Wardrip-Fruin2004-07-11Source URL: In his 1974 Computer Lib/Dream Machines, Ted Nelson argued that human-computer interaction design was more properly viewed as an analogue of moviemaking than...
View ArticleGenre Trouble
byEspen Aarseth2004-05-21Introduction: Stories and GamesCurrently in game and digital culture studies, a controversy rages over the relevance of narratology for game aesthetics. One side argues that...
View ArticleMizuko Ito's response (excerpt)
byMizuko Ito2004-01-10Riposte to: Introduction to Game TimeThe question of representational realism and fidelity in the case of time is particularly intriguing. What are the trade-offs for particular...
View ArticleTowards Computer Game Studies
byMarkku Eskelinen2004-05-22Introduction: LudologyA concept introduced to computer game studies by Gonzalo Frasca in 1998.and NarratologyIt is relatively stress-free to write about computer games, as...
View ArticleInteractive Fiction
byNick Montfort2005-04-17Source URL: Asking whether a new media artifact is a story or a game is like asking of a poem: Which is it? Narrative or metrical? This contrived question holds two dangers....
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