game studies

Stuart Moulthrop complicates the idea of self-contained games.

First Person, second section: What is Ludology? Editors Pat Harrigan and Noah Wardrip-Fruin see a disciplinary shift away from ill-advised analogies toward analyses of the gaming situation itself.

From Work to Play

Stuart Moulthrop (re)mediates the interpretation (narrativists) vs. configuration (ludologists) debate by going macropolitical.

Mary Flanagan’s response (excerpt)

Chris Crawford’s response (excerpt)

Chris Crawford considers Zimmerman's definitions.

Eric Zimmerman responds in turn

All in the Game: The Wire, Serial Storytelling, and Procedural Logic

Critical Code Studies Conference – Week Three Discussion

game studies

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