Experiential Metaphors in Abstract Games
Abstract
Despite their age and prevalence, abstract games are often overlooked in contemporary discussions of games and meaning. In this paper I offer experiential metaphors as a critical method applicable to all games, particularly abstract games. To do this I introduce structural metaphors, image schemata and experiential gestalts to explain how experiential metaphors function. I then compare this method with the simulation gap (Bogost 2006, 2007) and show how the two relate. I close with two examples of abstract games that function as experiential metaphors.
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The strength of approaches that borrow from narrative studies is in their ability to explain how concepts like metaphor apply to games.
“The strength of the approaches that borrow from narrative studies is in their ability to explain how concepts like the metaphor apply to games (Begy, 2011; Möring, 2012).”
From Real-time hermeneutics: meaning-making in ludonarrative digital games (2018) · cites this paper as Begy, 2011
Ludonarrative games are not the only games that need to be interpreted.
“Ludonarrative games are not the only games that need to be interpreted (cf. Begy, 2011).”
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- Authors
- Begy, J.
- Affiliations
- Concordia University (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Begy, Jason
- Venue
- DiGRA Digital Library
- Published
- 2011-01-01
- Volume
- 6
- ISSN
- 2342-9666
- OpenAlex
- W1473752385
- Cited by
- 10
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 4.37
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Digital Games Research Association Conference
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Digital Games and Media
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Educational Games and Gamification
- Keywords
- abstract games, structural metaphor, image schemas, game semantics
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