The Promise of Play: A New Approach to Productive Play

Lindtner, Silvia

doi:10.1177/1555412011402678

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“…Imagination and mythological discourse influenced by literature and the film industry are only found in hybrid titles. In the words of Lindtner and Dourish (2011), the medieval past has given way to the promise of play for many gamers, unleashing the imagination and facilitating the interplay of cognitive processes and mythological discourses for both developers and players. Note.…”

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confidence: 99%

Video Games Set in the Middle Ages

2016

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Within the study of video games, there is a burgeoning interest in the phenomenon of historical representation; nonetheless, few studies have centered on the reflection of particular eras of History, such as the Middle Ages and the effect of this on interpretations of culture and potential pedagogical applications with respect to this specific period of time. In this study, we present and discuss the compilation and content of a database of over 600 medieval titles released between 1980 and 2013, demonstrating the growing popularity, with producers and consumers, of what we could now refer to as a stand-alone genre. We discuss our categorization of the collection as purely historical or as hybrid and provide what could prove a very rich source of data for researchers on typical plot lines, most and least popular eras or events in history, genres commonly adopted within both types of game.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Video Games Set in the Middle Ages

2016

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“…Current formulations of globalization show less tendency to assume a monolithic and homogenizing globalization; more attention has been given to the active interplays and interactions between global, regional, national, and local forces (Carlson & Corliss, 2011;Dyer-Witheford & de Peuter, 2009;Liboriussen, 2016;Lindtner & Dourish, 2011;Martin & Deuze, 2009;Shim, 2006). If the global and the local are conceived as two extreme opposites along a continuum of cultural appropriation, the regional and the national should be located somewhere along this continuum (Fung, 2007).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Woven into webs of technologies, economic change, politics, cultural meaning, and social connection, China's online game industry is also bound with forces at multiple levels (Ip, 2008;Lindtner & Dourish, 2011). As a nation with a huge number of Internet users and an authoritarian government, China is not only massive terrain for the local development of the online game industry, but it is also a target for regional and global players (Ernkvist & Ström, 2008;Liao, 2016;Liboriussen, 2016;Wirman, 2016).…”

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Games With a Continuum: Globalization, Regionalization, and the Nation-State in the Development of China’s Online Game Industry

Jiang

Fung

2017

Games and Culture

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As a case study, this article examines the development of China’s online game industry and how China responds to the forces of globalization. Based on in-depth interviews, ethnographic research, and the analysis of archive documents from the past few years, this study identifies China’s evolving strategy of neo-techno-nationalism. In the Chinese context, this national strategy manipulates technology to create a version of popular nationalism that is both acceptable to and easily censored by the authorities. Therefore, cultural industries that adopt this strategy stand a good chance of prevailing in the Chinese market. This success explains why the regional competitors of Chinese online games—Korean games—are more successful in China than most of their Western counterparts. By providing a snapshot of the current ecology of China’s online game industry, this article also discusses the influence of regional and global forces in a concrete context and argues that the development of China’s online game industry depends more on political factors than economic factors.

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“…After playing Journey to the West for almost a year, someone hacked into Lien’s account and drained all his credits, which was not uncommon in Chinese online gaming (cf. Lindtner and Dourish, 2011). Frustrated, he switched to another game called tian-long ba-bu , based on a martial arts-themed book series of the same name.…”

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confidence: 99%

Beyond the player: A user-centered approach to analyzing digital games and players using actor-network theory

Hung

2016

E-Learning and Digital Media

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The paper uses actor-network theory (ANT) to analyze the sociotechnical networks of three groups of adolescents who played online games in different physical and social contexts. These include: an internet café, which allowed the players to be co-present; a personal laptop, which gave the player more control over how he played; and at home through game consoles using Xbox Live, which let the players communicate with one another through a headset. Using ethnographic research methods, I describe how their decisions about when, with whom and how they played were shaped by different sets of circumstances that were connected to real world issues and constraints. The ANT analysis focuses on three dimensions: network assemblage (what humans, technologies and routines need to be in place for them to play); translation (what holds their network together, and how these networks can be disrupted); and multiplicity (what other actor-networks exist that affect their play experience, in-game strategies and relationships). Finally, I conclude by reflecting on research on games and learning, and argue that it is important to avoid over-generalizing what makes up ''games'' and ''players'' because different players are part of different actor-networks, and that understanding these networks help us understand how games fit into the lives of those who play them.

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The Promise of Play: A New Approach to Productive Play

Cited by 21 publications

References 35 publications

Video Games Set in the Middle Ages

Video Games Set in the Middle Ages

Games With a Continuum: Globalization, Regionalization, and the Nation-State in the Development of China’s Online Game Industry

Beyond the player: A user-centered approach to analyzing digital games and players using actor-network theory

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