I should say I'm all for academic research into video games - I would *love* to hear someone say something intelligent about them.
@doougle I'm rather worse for wear now than I was yesterday, but, tell me something to read.
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@increpare 2. Brian Sutton-Smith's "The Ambiguity of Play" (1997) - THE seminal work on the theory of play: http://bit.ly/glFxBB Superb.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@increpare 3. Henry Lowood's "Players are Artists, too" (2010) - excellent paper on Warcraft 3, art, performance, sport http://bit.ly/l7458KThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@increpare 5. TL Taylor's "Play Between Worlds" (2006) - seminal ethnographic work on MMORPGs, player culture: http://bit.ly/RmmTJcThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@increpare 6. Bart Simon's work on motion control games and the idea of "gestural excess" (see this 2009 paper: http://bit.ly/ePT8kK )Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@increpare 7. Mary Flanagan's "Critical Play" (2009) - great history of games + the art world (and other contexts): http://bit.ly/XI0wxRThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@increpare And for good measure here's my PhD dissertation in which I cover JS Joust, BUTTON, Dark Room Sex Game, more: http://gutefabrik.com/blog/?p=1907Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@increpare 8. Henning Eichberg's philosophical/historical work on folk games, sport, and "impossible games" (see: http://bit.ly/crhrWJ ) -
@doougle@increpare All videogame academics should read these and bookmark this conversation.
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@increpare 4. M. Montola's work on experimental Nordic LARPs and the concept of "bleed" in games (see this 2010 paper: http://bit.ly/yoDalB ) -
@doougle@increpare this is all I ever want to know about Nordic LARPspic.twitter.com/W1xPHZBi
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