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Class Notes 4/25/2011
“The Alienation of Play” and Performing
From the Forum:
Werner Herzog:
Resistance to knowing too much
Ongoing conversation with Michael Chorost:
Dangers of Privacy
Protecting data and becoming more aware
Reactions to Tron
Isos- breaking down the barrier
Tension between users and programs
Breaking binaries and redefining differences
Gamers and Tron
Why do people play video games:
Stress relief, back ground, relationships, rewarding nostalgia
Larger economies of gaming
Ender’s Game and Anda’s Game
Gold Farming:
Selling real good for money
Buying with real money virtual money
The world is not flat- gaming does not give everyone equal access
Cautionary tales about the cost of gaming- e-waste, sweatshops, gold farming
Social contract, interactions
BFG- tradition vs. online world
PRESENTATIONS:
Marina & Merlin
Subconsciously made to make sense and make order out of chaos in world
How the human brain makes sense out of random information
Poem generator:
Brain naturally creates patterns emulated by poem generator
Play the reflects the way different roles and positions handle with natural disasters
Deals with information, and the importance of handling information