Author Archives: lankoski

Smith study on how some evolutionary aspects might relate to aesthetic evaluations. Sensory system is tuned to react unexpected; unexpected inputs leads high arousal state and that might be basis for aesthetics of modern: shock of new Savannah-like landscapes with water, large trees, semi-open space, changes in elevation, and some complexity is preferred across differentContinue reading “Evolutionary Neurobiology and Aesthetics”

There is new (peer review) journal out there, which publish articles on live-action role-playing: Journal of Interactive Drama. First two issues are out. Curiously journal contains also larp scenarios.

Papers on neuroaesthetics seem, at first glance, seem to be interesting. I need to take more detailed look on these: Zeki, S. & Kawabata, H. (2004). The neural correlates of beauty. Journal of Neurophysiology 91: 1699-1705. At http://www.neuroesthetics.org/research/pdf/neurobeauty.pdf. Zeki, S. (2002). Neural concept formation and art: Dante, Michelangelo, Wagner. Journal of Consciousness Studies 9, 53-76.Continue reading “Neuroaesthetics”

Note for myself: remember to check this one: Tavinor, G. Video Games, fiction, and emotion. At http://webmail.ltu.edu.tw/~miguel/ie2005/32_p201-tavinor.pdf. In Second Australian Conference on Interactive Entertainment.

*** To be presented at THE PHILOSOPHY OF COMPUTER GAMES REGGIO EMILIA, ITALY, ON JANUARY 25�27, 2007 The paper available on conference web site http://game.unimore.it/Papers/Lankoski_Paper.pdf Version on my site contains few typo corrections EDIT: An extended and much revised version of this paper was published in The Philosophy  of Computer Games with the title ComputerContinue reading “Goals, Affects, and Empathy in Games”

N=15, Three random groups (N=5), 11 male, 4 female, aged between 18 and 26. They were evaluating two Alan Wake trailers in the study with different types of music. Study was about comparison of affects when viewing of the clip with different music (group1: silence, clip 1, and fearful, clip 2; g2 sad and aggressive;Continue reading ““Investigating the Affects of Music on Emotion in Games” by Moffat & Kiegler”

Another peace to read: The History of Computer Role-Playing Games Part I: The Early Years (1980-1983).

Note for myself: check this paper: Rajava et al (2004), Emotional response patterns and sense of presence during video games: potential criterion variables for game design, http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1028014.1028068.

D.B. El’konin (1971),Toward The Problem of Stages in the Mental Development of Children at http://www.marxists.org/archive/elkonin/works/1971/stages.htm (from Voprosy psikhologii). the role or (role-)play in children’s development transferring meaning to an object to another (props) social meaning of play

I noticed some new papers on role-playing games: On the Role of the Die: A brief ludologic study of pen-and-paper roleplaying games and their rules. Game Studies 6(1). by Joris Dormans Pen-and-paper roleplaying games, like computer games, are in their essence rule-based simulation “engines” that facilitate playful interaction. These similarities make it possible to takeContinue reading “Papers on Role-Playing Games”