Avant-Gaming: An Interview with Jane McGonigal (Q2364)
scholarly work by Jane McGonigal, Scott Rettberg
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Avant-Gaming: An Interview with Jane McGonigal |
scholarly work by Jane McGonigal, Scott Rettberg |
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2006
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The first time I told this story at a lecture, an audience member challenged me: "You puppet masters must really get a kick out of manipulating these players to do whatever you want. That must be such a power trip." But in fact, the opposite was true. We didn't get a rush of power when the players misinterpreted our simple welcome message. We actually felt completely out of control. (English)
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Stories linger in the places after we experience them. And the stories we tell about our personal experiences in a place help us own that space, to feel comfortable there, to make others comfortable there, to feel alive there. I believe the job of the designers of reality-based games like big urban games and alternate reality games is to figure out: What kind of story would players want to be abl… (English)
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