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gonzalo frasca

Towards Computer Game Studies

Literature scholars eager to understand gaming have made early inroads. Markku Eskelinen sets up serious checkpoints.

Eric Zimmerman’s response

Eric Zimmerman modifies Gonzalo Frasca's game strategy with a strategic patch.

Mizuko Ito’s response (excerpt)
Markku Eskelinen’s response
Henry Jenkins responds in turn

Casting the ludology vs. narratology debate as a game in itself, Henry Jenkins brings Bible gardens and the duck-billed platypus into this defense of hybridity.