Do We Need Real-Time Hermeneutics? Structures of Meaning in Games
Arjoranta, J. (2011). Do We Need Real-Time Hermeneutics? Structures of Meaning in Games. In J. Arjoranta (Ed.), Think design play: the fifth international conference of the digital research association, Hilversum, 14.-17.9.2011. DiGRA/Utrecht School of the Arts. http://www.digra.org/dl/db/11310.17396.pdf
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2011Discipline
Digitaalinen kulttuuriCopyright
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Games differ from most other forms of media by being procedural and interactive. These
qualities change how games create and transmit meaning to their players. The concept of “real-time hermeneutics” (Aarseth 2003) is analysed in order to understand how temporality affects the understanding of games. Temporal frames (Zagal and Mateas 2010) are introduced as an alternative way of understanding time in games.
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The fifth international conference of the digital research association, Hilversum, 14.-17.9.2011Is part of publication
Think design play: the fifth international conference of the digital research association, Hilversum, 14.-17.9.2011
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