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Class Notes 4/25/2011

Submitted by ekthorp on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 9:53pm

“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