Playing Research: Methodological approaches to game analysis
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L'estudi de l'estètica dels jocs és una pràctica recent que abasta menys de dues dècades. A diferència de les teories de jocs en matemàtiques o ciències socials, que són molt més antigues, els jocs es van convertir en objecte d'estudi per a les humanitats només quan els videojocs i jocs d'ordinador es van tornar populars. Aquesta falta d'interès continuada pot semblar estranya, però només si considerem que els jocs tradicionals i els jocs d'ordinador són intrínsecament similars, la qual cosa no és així. Podem intentar explicar aquesta manca assenyalant que les elits estètiques i teòriques que conreen l'anàlisi d'objectes artístics dels mitjans (literatura, arts visuals, teatre, música) solen considerar els jocs com una cosa trivial i popular. Però això no explica el fet que els estudis estètics sobre jocs siguin possibles en l'actualitat, i fins i tot en alguns entorns acadèmics, s'estimulin i rebin suport amb beques. Què ha passat per provocar aquest canvi?
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This study relies on Aarseth's concept of implied player, borrowed from the implied reader in literary studies.
“As mentioned above, this study relies on Aarseth's (2007, p. 132) concept of implied player, in turn borrowed from the implied reader theorized in literary studies.”
From Real-time hermeneutics: meaning-making in ludonarrative digital games (2018) · cites this paper as Aarseth, 2007, p. 132
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- Authors
- Aarseth, E.
- Affiliations
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- Corresponding author
- Aarseth, Espen
- ORCID
- Aarseth, Espen
- Venue
- Artnodes
- Published
- 2007-12-01
- Volume
- 0
- Issue
- 7
- ISSN
- 1695-5951 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1599653993
- Semantic Scholar
- a0d1841a398d3a458a5682a47cc798d7ddccedf4
- Cited by
- 413
- References
- 4
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 35 · 2022: 25 · 2021: 27 · 2020: 18 · 2019: 37 · 2018: 31 · 2017: 19 · 2016: 20 · 2015: 27 · 2014: 25 · 2013: 21 · 2012: 19
- FWCI
- 49.45
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Artnodes (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Digital Games and Media
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Visual Arts and Performing Arts › Visual Culture and Art Theory
- Keywords
- game aesthetics, match analysis, video games, traditional games, game studies methodology
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