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Traditional structures and courses

Linearity, finality and causality are ‘traditonal’ concepts of structure, i.e. they happen in a frame of reference and orientation we’re culturally used to, though this frame is currenty undergoing...

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Levels of gaming

Where’s the actual interpretation and acting taking place when you’re ‘playing’? Games can be used to understand, and to intuitively act upon, the inner workings of a set of rules (e.g. simulation...

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In search of a game’s True Meaning ™…

As with the ongoing ‘Killerspiel’ debate in Germany, public and politicians are in search of The Meaning of a game. Though it’s understandable that there’s concern over violent, pornographic or...

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A path unwanted: Impossibly realistic games

One of the distinctive criteria of games compared to ‘reality’ is their loose connection to the latter, a worksafe simplification of rules and goals. This doesn’t mean that these games are simple to...

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