This is video game play
Video Games, Authority and Metacommunication
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3854987 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ricardo Fassone (University of Turin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Pages | 37-52 |
| Publication date | 2015-06-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comunicação e Sociedade (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1645-2089 • E-ISSN: 2183-3575 |
| Publisher | University of Minho (PUBLISHER • PT) |
| DOI | 10.17231/comsoc.27(2015).2088 |
| OpenAlex | W1861436358 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 13 |
Gregory Bateson claims that all play acts should be primarily understood as meta-communicative. In other words, playing a game implies being able to transmit and receive the meta-message 'this is play', which establishes a psychological frame among the players. I will propose a radical reading of Bateson's theory in the context of video games; specifically, I will attempt at analysing the characteristics, specificities and implications of the message 'this is video game play'. I will contend that the specific language through which video games convey this message is that of their rules, the inescapable limitations posed by their computational and digital nature. In other words, playing a video game is always, at least to a degree, playing a game of meta-communication with, against and around a video game's hard-coded rules. Finally, I will propose a close reading of the game Papers, Please and contend that Pope's work engages in a significant reading of the inherent reflexivity of video games, deliberately portraying their authoritative nature and communicative potential
Context (archaeology · Game design · Game mechanics · Game studies · Game theory · Linguistics · Mathematical economics · Metagaming · Multimedia · Non-cooperative game · Reading (process · Simultaneous game · Video game · Video game design · Artificial Intelligence in Games · Computer Science · Digital Games and Media · Artificial Intelligence
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This is Play
From Max Weber
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |