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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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  FarmVille: The Garden in the Machine

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  Ted Friedman Georgia State University

  December 08, 2010

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  color, you know it's ready to be harvested.  Every time I went outside, I found myself wanting to ...
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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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  Techno-Occult: Transforming the Internet into a Monstrosity in Dot Hack

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  Anthony E Dominguez Department of Cinema Studies, New York University

  October 05, 2021

  existing outside “The World’s” known infrastructure. There, a humanoid monster made of stone and wielding ...
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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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  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 ...