In Defence of a Magic Circle: The Social, Mental and Cultural Boundaries of Play

Stenros, Jaakko

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“…Sin embargo, el conflicto ontológico existente en los juegos puede ser resuelto mediante el concepto de frames de Bateson (1987: 183-198) y Goff-man (1986), del que ya hemos hablado, el cual es estudiado y aplicado a los juegos de rol por Markus Montola (2012) y Jaakko Stenros (2014). De esta manera, podemos hablar de la existencia de tres marcos de realidad diferenciada en los juegos que se superponen.…”

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The Construction of Loneliness through the Gameplay in Silent Hill: Homecoming

Regueiro

2015

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ResumenEste trabajo contempla el desarrollo del tópico de la soledad a través del gameplay de Silent Hill: Homecoming. Para ello, se parte de los elementos endógenos del juego y se analiza su puesta en diégesis a través de su aplicación al mundo ficcional. El concepto de simulación en los juegos, frente al de representación, típico de los medios tradicionales, será clave para poder entender el funcionamiento de las reglas y cómo estas pueden pasar del plano endógeno al diegético, adquiriendo el juego, de esta manera, su significación.Palabras clave: videojuegos, gameplay, soledad, simulación, Silent Hill. AbstractThis essay considers the development of the topic of loneliness through the gameplay of Silent Hill: Homecoming. We examine the endogenous elements of the game and analyze how they are diegetically implemented to produce the fictional world. The concept of simulation in games (as opposed to representation, which is typical of traditional media) will be the key to understanding how rules work and how they can transcend from the endogenous frame into the diegetic frame, providing the game with a layer of meaning.

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The Construction of Loneliness through the Gameplay in Silent Hill: Homecoming

Regueiro

2015

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“…Presented in the book Rules of Play (Salen & Zimmerman, 2004), the concept, in that context, was also influenced by the works of Apter and Sniderman, according to Stenros (2012). Moreover, Zimmerman himself, in a text of 2012 in the Gamasutra gaming website, stated that the concept of magic circle was more or less invented by him and Salen for the book, from Huizinga (1938) and Callois (1958) 14 , but reformulated in terms of design and semiotics.…”

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“…Stenros (2012), for instance, starting from the ideas of Calleja, understands that Huizinga uses the term not only as a metaphor, but as a key feature of the examples of games that he mentions in Homo Ludens.…”

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“…We will try to discuss different perspectives well discussed by Stenros (2012), that relate the social perspective with classical authors of Anthropology (Van Gennep 1909, Turner, 1974 and the personal approach of the player with the concept of transitional phenomenon wrought by Winnicott (1975) in 1951 and by a socio-anthropological reflection of Da Matta (2000).…”

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The concept of magic circle: a critical reading

Petry¹

2013

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“…The lusory attitude (Suits 1978) is a special mindset that allows to enter, from the real world, the "magic circle" -a term formulated in Huizinga 2002 which indicates the separated and circumscribed space of play and has been described by different scholars as a province of meaning (Berger, Luckmann 1966), a psychological bubble (Apter 1991;Stenros 2014) or a semiotic domain (Gee 2003;Nieuwdorp 2005) . The paratelic attitude occurs with the mere willingness to enter in the semiotic domain of play.…”

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Lotman and play: For a theory of playfulness based on semiotics of culture

Thibault

2016

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Abstract. The aim of the article is to introduce an approach to play based on semiotics of culture and, in particular, grounded in the works and ideas of Juri Lotman. On the one hand, it provides an overview of Lotman's works dedicated to play and games, starting from his article on art among other modelling systems, in which the phenomenon of play is treated deeply, and mentioning Lotman's articles dedicated to various forms of play forms, such as involving dolls and playing cards. On the other hand, it applies a few Lotmanian theories and ideas to playfulness in order to shed some light on this highly debated, as well as intriguing, anthropic activity. Thus, the paper approaches some of the core questions for a play theory, such as the definition of play, the cultural role of toys and playthings, the importance of unpredictability, the position held by playfulness in the semiosphere and, finally, the differences and commonalities between play and art. Lotman's theories and works, often integrated by other existing semiotic or ludologic perspectives offer an extremely insightful and fresh take on play and illustrate the great heuristic potential of semiotics of culture.

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In Defence of a Magic Circle: The Social, Mental and Cultural Boundaries of Play

Cited by 97 publications

References 38 publications

The Construction of Loneliness through the Gameplay in Silent Hill: Homecoming

The Construction of Loneliness through the Gameplay in Silent Hill: Homecoming

The concept of magic circle: a critical reading

Lotman and play: For a theory of playfulness based on semiotics of culture

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