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DIGRA
2003
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
2003
Springer
This essay adopts a formal model of play as semiosis [18] to explore the often dysfunctional role of backstories within computer game design and play. Within this model, backstori...
MM
2004
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
2004
ACM
Our research on Interactive Drama aims at conciliating interaction and story at the deepest level, the level of action. From a given story representation formalism, a set of eleme...
DIGRA
2003
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
2003
Springer
We present a structural framework to describe games in terms of components. The components are divided into four major areas: meta-structure, bounding, narrative and objective. Th...
CONTENT
2001
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
2001
Springer
This paper looks at existing computer games and virtual environments from the perspective of film theory and practice. From this, we will draw conclusions about the ways in which ...
DIGRA
2003
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
2003
Springer
The Diverse Worlds Project analysed 130 computer and video games (CVGs) to understand their textual landscape. Titles were sampled from the five gaming platforms dominant in 2002....