Dom Ford
Biographic Data
| ID | 6817210 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dom Ford |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dom |
| FAMILY NAME | Ford |
| SIGNATURE | FORD D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bergen |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5545-602X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
On myths, stories, models and games
While myths tend to be understood as a genre of narrative, I argue that it is more useful to understand myths as models for knowing the world and things in it. In doing so, we can also use myth as a way to understand gameworlds. Games both make use of existing ‘real-world’ myths as well as ‘emulating’ the process in the creation of fictional worlds that we can play within. Understanding games and myths as models allows us to put them together to …
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On myths, stories, models and games
While myths tend to be understood as a genre of narrative, I argue that it is more useful to understand myths as models for knowing the world and things in it. In doing so, we can also use myth as a way to understand gameworlds. Games both make use of existing ‘real-world’ myths as well as ‘emulating’ the process in the creation of fictional worlds that we can play within. Understanding games and myths as models allows us to put them together to …
Artificial Intelligence in Games (1 works) · Digital Games and Media (1 works) · Mythology (1 works) · Narrative Theory and Analysis (1 works) · Possible world (1 works) · Process (computing (1 works)