The Nip and the Bite

Submitted by Jason Rutter on Fri, 09/03/2007 - 21:11.

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Publication Type		Proceedings Article
Year of Publication		2005
Authors		Jayemanne, Darshana
Conference Name		DiGRA 2005 Conference: Changing Views--Worlds in Play
Key Words		cybernetics; Bateson; Wilden; multifinality; open systems; feedback; complexity
Abstract		An examination of the contributions that can be made by the field of non-mechanistic cybernetics (as elaborated by Gregory Bateson and Anthony Wilden) to a theory of videogames that views them as complex open systems in dynamic relation to players. Bateson, observing animal play, suggests that the playful nip has a complex relation to the earnest bite. This paper contends that the relation of player, avatar and game constitutes a similar system and that Wilden’s development of the theory of play has great potential for the study of videogames.
URL		http://www.digra.org/dl/http://www.digra.org/dl/db/06276.21027.pdf

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