Mint meeting aug 06 2013
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This document summarizes Christopher's research progress in August 2013 as part of the Mobile Internet Technologies Group's game studies. It outlines readings on game analysis methods and the definition of video games as an artistic medium. It also lists Christopher's upcoming tasks, which include preparing questions for industry meetings, writing a paper on gameplay and narrative, and working on a game project with others.
Mint meeting aug 06 2013
- 2. í˜Ðò ? CEDEC StudioTour ? ¡°The Art ofVideogames¡± (Tavinor, 2009) ? ¡°Computer Games:Text, Narrative, and Play¡± (Carr et al, 2008) ? ½ñáá¤ÎÕnî}
- 3. ? Aug 20th (Tue) ? £±£º¥×¥ì¥ß¥¢¥à¥¨©`¥¸¥§¥ó¥·©` £²£º¥æ¥Ó¥¥¿¥¹¥¨¥ó¥¿¥Æ¥¤¥ó¥á¥ó¥È £³£º¥°¥ê©` ? Questions can be sent earlier ? Question list draft due date: Aug. 9th, 2013 3 CEDEC Studio Tour
- 4. ? In terms of being a creative work, video games remain mostly undefined ? More accurately, the fluid nature of the medium resists definition ? This is highly-analogous with the medium of Art, which frequently shrugs off definition ? Tavinor proposes that the fluid nature of both these mediums suggests analogous analysis methods 4 ¡°The Art of Videogames¡± (Tavinor, 2009)
- 5. ? Tavinor proposes a tentative method of analysis of games: ? Attempt to directly define the medium ? Analyze how certain important examples of the medium function within the interactive parameters of its natural environment ? Draw conclusions and commentaries that not only address the medium of games, but also make commentaries on Art Philosophy and Aesthetics at large 5 ¡°The Art of Videogames¡± (Tavinor, 2009)
- 6. ¡°THE PLATYPUS EFFECT¡± Example Phenomenon: 6
- 7. Maybe our societal definitions of what Art really is much change to fit the new data: 7
- 8. Maybe our societal definitions of what Art really is much change to fit the new data: 8
- 9. What¡¯s the Point? ? The fluid/myriad nature of the video game medium may require a modification and/or widening of the definitions of: ? Itself (Video Games) ? Related/Predecessor Fields (Art, Cinema, Literature) 9
- 10. ? Edited collection of academic essays and papers on Game Studies at large ? ¡°Road Map¡± of Game Studies ? Collected works display a gradient in the field, with empirical Social Sciences on one end, and Interpretive Humanities approaches on the other end 10 ¡°Computer Games: Text, Narrative, and Play¡± (Carr et al, 2008)
- 11. ? In particular, these materials are the prototype textbooks of the field of Game Studies ? If I can at least fashion my study to both emulate and build on the style and methods found in these books, I think it will produce a competitive Masters Thesis How I wish to use these materials 11
- 12. ½ñáá¤ÎÕnî} ? CEDEC Questions/TGS Prep (Aug 9th) ? MGS: ¡°Gameplay-Narrative Symbiosis¡± (Aug 30th) ? Minimalism in Shadow of the Colossus ? Game project with other members (Beta Due date: Aug 30th) 12