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Upon leaving a reply to “It may be art. . .but I really don’t care,” I soon realized that the reply was quickly becoming its own post. So here it is. My good Twitchdoctor, I am pleased that you tackle the question of “Are games art?” in the way that you have – in that [...]
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Annoyingly False Binaries: A Response to “It may be art. . .but I really don’t care”
Posted: January 12, 2011 by Broadpaw in game design, Games and Life, UncategorizedTags: computer games, game design, game development, game studies, games, gaming, mass media, Video game, video games, videogames
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Id, Ego, Superego… Avatar?
Posted: September 11, 2010 by waltersthegreat in Game Genres, Games and LifeTags: computer games, education, game psychology, game studies, gaming, MMORPG, multiple personalities, online games, video games, videogames, World of Warcraft, WoW
Have you functioned in a dynamic online community under an avatar identity for multiple years? Do/did you operate, or recognize the possibility that you could have operated differently in that community than you do in the physical world? Have you ever consciously withheld information about your activity in that online community from the inhabitants of [...]
Freedom Plaza
Posted: August 23, 2010 by Twitchdoctor in Games and LifeTags: 9/11, Bogost, first amendment, Freedom Plaza, games, gaming, place, private, public, space, War on Terror, World Trade Center
What is being invoked in the Ground Zero controversy is a very specific right wing conceptual frame governing the connection between place, religion, war, and culture. What is at stake is who gets to define public space in the US, to define a space as public, and to define the space of the US itself.
Languages-Idiomas-لغات-Sprachen-Langues-Языки-Talen-语言-γλώσσες-भाषाओं
Posted: July 10, 2010 by waltersthegreat in game design, Games and LifeTags: computer games, conversation, education, game design, game development, game studies, gameplay, gaming, language, learning, MMORPG, video games, videogames
Car mechanics and enthusiasts speak a complex language which the average driver doesn’t comprehend. Computer developers can do incredible things with code—things most computer users don’t even begin to understand. And, perhaps most importantly for our purposes, gamers have their own complex languages—languages which can sound ridiculous to non-gamers. Acquiring expertise in these languages requires [...]
