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Fun is Fine: Toward a Philosophy of Game Design
Via Thinking With My Fingers, Fun is Fine: Toward a Philosophy of Game Design
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What’s Fun about Games?
Great list of characteristics of the gaming experience that contribute to what we call “fun” from The Ludologist. I think it could be applied to a range of creative pursuits, especially online, and I’d hate to lose it so excuse the long quote. Fun The holy grail of games, but an ill-defined term for purposes…
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Cultural Value in the Age of “Mass Amateurisation”
Tom Coates’ insightful and focused article “Weblogs and the Mass Amateurization of (Nearly) Everything“, and the followup by Tom of bbCity, have come at just the right time for me. For the last few weeks I have posted several short pieces on the social impacts of cultural profileration and the democratization of creative technologies, mostly…