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CfP: Think Design Play – 5th International DiGRA Conference, 14-17 September, 2011 – Utrecht

THINK DESIGN PLAY 5th International Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) Conference 14-17 September 2011 Hosted by the Utrecht School of the Arts in the Netherlands Call for participation After Leveling Up in the Netherlands (2003), Changing Views in Canada (2005), Situated Play in Japan (2007) and Breaking New Ground in England (2009) the 5th DiGRAContinue reading “CfP: Think Design Play – 5th International DiGRA Conference, 14-17 September, 2011 – Utrecht”

The Best Games of 2010

Guardian lists their top 20: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2010/dec/19/top-20-games-2010 http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2010/dec/21/top-20-games-2010 http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2010/dec/22/top-20-games-2010 http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2010/dec/22/top-20-games-20101 Red Dead Redemption is number one, Mass Effect 2 is number two, and Heavy Rain is number three in their list. It seems that these games has win critics; they have been praised elsewhere also. Their also mention Alan Wake (17) and Angry Birds (12).

Fear and Disgust

I have proposed, following Power and Dalgleish (1997), that emotional reactions to monsters in horror games are disgust-based, not purely fear-based in Goals, Affects, and Empathy in Computer Games (Lankoski, 2007) and in Hear-Raising Entertainment (Ekman, Lankoski, 2009). Power and Dalgleish (1997) argue that emotional reactions to snakes and spiders relate to disgust, not toContinue reading “Fear and Disgust”

Leisure Suite Larry Backrground

Al Lowe shares some design documents on his site http://www.allowe.com/gamedesign/index.htm, including Leisure Suite Larry 5–7. Some concept art for the game are available on the page http://www.allowe.com/Larry/7characters.htm and then some information what connects Larry and Softporn Adventure on the page http://www.allowe.com/Larry/softporn.htm. An interview of Al Lowe on Hard Core Gaming reveals some details behind hisContinue reading “Leisure Suite Larry Backrground”