The Pleasures and Dangers of the Game

Up Close and Personal

Bibliographic Data

ID2409339
AuthorsTanya Krzywinska (0000-0002-0744-4144, Brunel University of London, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume1
Issue1
Pages119-122
Publication date2006-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGames and Culture (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1555-4120 • E-ISSN: 1555-4139
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1555412005281913
OpenAlexW2060076309
LanguageEN
Citations received10

What are the pleasures and the dangers of theway that the study of digital games has crystallized over the past 3 years? The author argues here that a pluralistic approach is required if the full complexity of games is to be addressed and analyzed, and as such, textual approaches to the analysis games should not be dismissed no matter what the particular focus of attention. To understand a game's design, the way it seeks to shape the player's experience and to make the game meaningful, it is essential to take account of the formal features of a given game. Being up close and personal forces one to think through the specificities of a game and what it is like to play that game. The author therefore advocates a combination of a formal and phenomenological approach as a means of exploring the complex relationship between game text and player

Epistemology · Focus (optics · Game art design · Game design · Game Developer · Game mechanics · Game studies · Game theory · Human–computer interaction · Mathematical economics · Metagaming · Non-cooperative game · Simultaneous game · Sociology · Video game design · Artificial Intelligence in Games · Computer Science · Digital Games and Media · Educational Games and Gamification · Mathematics · Philosophy · Artificial Intelligence

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