COMS 4412 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Carnivalesque, Game Studies
29 Sep 2016
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September 12th lecture: critical game studies and. The developer is the narrator: gives out his email. What about the negative reviews: perceived as pretentious. What does this say about developers and their audiences: more personal (philosophical questions) What did this game teach you about analyzing games: don"t conflate the characters with the developers. Are mods disrespectful to the original game: in some ways it makes it more playful (i. e. : cuts the time, they can be the building blocks for greater games, they personalize the games. What constitutes a game: video games are different from traditional games because they are artistic. Can trigger emotion (this can be both in art and sport, in comparison to juul) Why should we study games: interdisciplinary all fields examine games differently, now there are departments fully dedicated to the study of games, there are full conferences dedicated to game studies. How should we study games: all aspects, history, graphic design, etc.
