gaming
Towards a Game Theory of Game
Applying games to games, Celia Pearce uses The Sims to showcase six keywords.
Eskelinen responds in turn
Eskelinen can't be bothered to answer his critics.
Game Theories
It's "Game Time." Here in section four we see what the dynamics of time and space have to do with the games people play.
Genre Trouble
"Where is the text in chess?" asks Espen Aarseth. Rules, play, and semiosis are the (un)common ground between games and stories in "interactive narrativism" and the art of simulation.
Narrative, Interactivity, Play, and Games
Eric Zimmerman whips "four naughty concepts" into disciplinary shape.
Stuart Moulthrop’s response
Stuart Moulthrop complicates the idea of self-contained games.
Eric Zimmerman’s response
Eric Zimmerman modifies Gonzalo Frasca's game strategy with a strategic patch.
Henry Jenkins responds
Who says hypertext readers have more brains than gamers? Not Henry Jenkins.