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In Defense of Play: A rereading of Caillois’ “Man, Play, and Games”
Groos came to seein play the guarantor of youth: “Animals also do not play because they are young; they are young because they have toplay.”82 He therefore distinguished play activity involving (a) the sensory apparatus (the sense of touch,heat, taste, odor, hearing, color, shape, movement, etc.); (b )the motor apparatus (feeling about, destruction and analysis,construction…
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Reflecting on this Semester in Game Design
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in Academia, digital communities, digital humanities, digital storytelling, Dissertation, fan studies, fantasy, game based learning, game design, game development, game Ideas, game review, game studies, game writing, game-based learning, games, gaming, Graduate Research, graduate school, GSS, instructional design, interactive fiction, ngss, writingGame Design, instructional Design, and Interaction Design, all collide at the University of Missouri – Columbia. These are the reflections from my course on Game Design. Our 2023 Autumn semester draws to a close. From Portal to Resident Evil 4, analog tabletops such as Settlers of Catan to platformers like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, it’s…
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I am Making a Boardgame : Introducing Chronundrum
How to make an educational board game, designing for learning, and the mechanics of fun. All relevant to todays discussion of designing a serious tabletop board game in which players travel through ancient Egypt collecting artifacts, solving riddles, and correcting the chaos of time in an interactive and highly lively environment with a full ensemble…
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Self-Determination Theory in the State of Game Studies – Motivations for Video Game Play and Political Decision-Making: Evidence from Four Countries
This week I read over several papers on motivation design and encouraging participation among students. You see, games require motivated participants involved in an objective voluntarily. That’s a hell of a triumph! One of the articles that stands out hails from a multinational survey on decision-making and player motivation -> Game Studies – Motivations for…
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Granada: A Poem
How could I have known Down cobbled streets, that When we seek, that That. Which is, without Words How could I have known The beat you would Keep pressing on My life At the long stretch Of every dawn How could I have known, The gauche Moorish ghosts haunting the cathedrals of my heart Blood…
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Nadia Was Here: A Deep Dive into the Lore and Immersive Storytelling of Jajaben’s 2017
Discover the enchanting world of “Nadia Was Here,” a captivating indie JRPG that combines subversive storytelling, nostalgic aesthetics, and immersive gameplay. Delve into its rich lore, character development, and strategic puzzles as we analyze the cultural significance and critical insights it offers to players and game studies scholars alike.