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New Anthology on Player Experiences

Evil Tortie's Mom — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:36:30 MST

Love the title of chapter 2.

Evil Tortie's Mom

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GamePark32 — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:16:02 MST

@clarke: That actually looks like the Mega Man X GameCube controller by Nubytech. It was an official Nintendo product.

GamePark32

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harryhatman — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:45:48 MST

Wow, nice to see more academic studies into more focused aspects of videogames rather than the broader debates that have been raging on for years. I will definitely be picking this up to read through, especially as it seems to be drawing on wider media theory ('Of eye candy and id') and past videogame theory ('Beyond Ludus') I just wish there was more of a forum to get involved in this.

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Hiru — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:45:29 MST

Definitely looking forward to picking this up at some point.

Hiru

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Wolfrider31 — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:23:06 MST

@ Clarke

Yes.

Wolfrider31

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Clarke — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:06:52 MST

So are 3rd party Gamecube controllers the pinnacle of gaming?

Clarke

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jayntampa — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:24:46 MST

This isn't exactly the kind of text your typical lay person would pick up, but the "narrow" aspect of the papers is VERY encouraging when you're looking at academic studies ... especially in a field as new as this one. Basically, game studies has to build an entire base of knowledge from which future studies can spring from. It's nice to see academics adding to the literature.

jayntampa

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Tonx — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:23:45 MST

I love books like this or Pikachu's Global Adventure. I doubt I'll pick this one up though - no offense to the editors, but I prefer a narrower focus in collections like this

Tonx

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Essonse — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:22:10 MST

This actually looks like a very interesting read.

I'm hoping my college library will be getting a copy of this soon. These are exactly the kinds of works that the medium needs right now.

Although I'm just waiting for someone to jump out and be like "Gamecube controller? wtf lol"

Essonse

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detraya — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:18:41 MST

needs more half life, but halo could stay out, unless they included a chapter on how to make an average game popular.

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TDunne — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:15:25 MST

Doom 3 was a good pick. That game scared the sh*t out of me. The ending was very disappointing. Half Life, Halo and Shogo are missing from the list but no book could capture all the great games.

TDunne

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geekgrrl — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:11:49 MST

i'm fascinated by the titles i've heard of/played.. but i wonder if i'd even skim the remaining chapters. seems kind of narrow-minded of me, but there are so many subtle nuances from game to game..

geekgrrl

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Donato — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:05:11 MST

I'm kind of sad that there's not a chapter on Tetris.

Donato