IAT 210 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Video Game, List Of Playstation Home Game Spaces, Magic In Fiction
20 Nov 2018
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Discuss social & cultural issues w/ games. Discuss role of technology in digital games. To use terms & concepts to analyze game you are discussing. Playful activities (including games) can be placed along a continuum b/w paidia & ludus. Paidia - unstructured & spontaneous play (free & open) Ludus - structured & controlled play w/ specific rules (rule-based) Games can be understood according to their position relative to these two extremes. A game is a system in which players engage in an artificial conflict, defined by rules, that results in a quantifiable outcome. (salen and zimmerman, 2003) Artificial b/c generally does not have real life consequences. If does not have rules, cannot be described as game. Must be fixed, repeatable, & govern all players who play the game. Quantifiable outcome - something that can be measured. Formal game - has twofold structure based on ends & means. Ends - contest to achieve an objective.
