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  “I’m Here Because I’m Bored”: Getting at the Nature of Ludic Computation

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  Judd Ruggill University of Arizona

  October 30, 2007

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  “I’m Here Because I’m Bored”: Getting at the Nature of Ludic Computation computers gaming history ...
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  "One Turn of One Game": On Chance, Variance, and Misplays

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  Adam Cottrel Georgia State University

  June 10, 2016

  of the game’s most respected players, who is attempting to boost his resume for a possible induction ... certainty to a virtual possibility, turning victory into harrowing defeat. As the second clip reveals, ... virtual possibilities that contradict each other. ...
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  Timing Effects in "Many Worlds Mario"

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  Christopher Hagenah UC Santa Barbara

  May 10, 2010

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  makes possible an imagination of the impossible, virtual space of this convergence: the interface ...
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  Independent of What? Ways Out of the Mainstream Industry's Shadow

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  Randy Nichols University of Washington Tacoma

  August 15, 2011

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  Independent of What? Ways Out of the Mainstream Industry's Shadow economics gaming Indie Game Developers labor video game industry video games Curator's Note Video game production has become something of a dream job, embodying all that is good i ...
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  NBC's Community and Open Source Collaboration

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  David Roh Old Dominion University

  September 20, 2012

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  NBC's Community and Open Source Collaboration open source gaming copyright collaboration broadcast television Curator's Note NBC's Community occupies a peculiar space in broadcast television—it boasts a tech-savvy, fiercely dedicated fan ba ...
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  Ethical Empires

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  Fredrik Knudsen YouTube

  May 10, 2017

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  Ethical Empires Empire Management Fredrik Knudsen gaming Grand Strategy Moral Media Paradox Interactive Stellaris Curator's Note Empire management games, or “Grand Strategy” games as they are known, are notoriously impenetrable and cold. Most commonl ...
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  FarmVille: The Garden in the Machine

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  Ted Friedman Georgia State University

  December 08, 2010

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  FarmVille: The Garden in the Machine simulation postmodernism gaming farmville Facebook Curator's Note 57.6 million Facebook users play FarmVille. Granted, not all of them are people.  Two are my cats, Noisy and Pilot Squeaky. In FarmVille, it helps ...