Just a Cyberplace The rules in videogames: between Ontology and Epistemology
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In this essay you will find a theory about the relation of videogames and rules. The analysis illustrates the Social Ontology Project founded by John Searle and introduces some new concepts, such as Gameframe, Cyberplace and Interactive Figmentum. After some theoretical arguments you will find a double grill to categorize player types regarding to rules.
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Game scholars seem conflicted on whether computers can be said to follow rules.
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Scholars with a more social scientific approach seem to see rules as something people follow, with computers doing something else.
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- Authors
- Mosca, I.
- Affiliations
- University of Turin (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Mosca, Ivan
- Venue
- DiGRA Digital Library
- Published
- 2011-01-01
- Volume
- 6
- ISSN
- 2342-9666
- OpenAlex
- W2188550757
- Cited by
- 7
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 1
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- 3.50
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- conference paper
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- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- Institutional Research Information System University of Turin (University of Turin) (submittedVersion)
- Digital Games Research Association Conference
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Digital Games and Media
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Educational Games and Gamification
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Cybernetics and Technology in Society
- Keywords
- video games, rules, John Searle, ontology, epistemology, player types, categorization
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