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A tour of some old concepts and their relationship
to play, to video games, to writing
(my Ludic Literature talk)
Date/time: Tuesday 16 July 2019.
Session: "Panel 1": 9:35am - 10:20,
(my own slot: 9:35 - 9:50am).
Occasion:
Symposium "Ludic
Literature: The converging interests of writing, games and play"
Place:
Room SAW 423;
Sir Alwyn Williams Building (home of the computing science department) G12 8RZ
How to get there:
- Getting to Glasgow
- Getting to the university
- Finding the building, see D20 on
this campus map.
It looks like this; it is facing the Boyd Orr (other side from
university avenue); it is at the end of the terrace of buildings
on Lilybank Gardens.
Equally from the other direction, it is next to the QMU and so at the
end of the terrace of buildings in University Gardens.
- Finding the room
Enter the building, find the lift, go up to level 4 on the SAW side.
(The lift is unique in that it has two columns of buttons with non-congruent
number systems. Use the right hand column and press '4'.)
- On exiting the lift, the room is in sight on your right.
Title: A tour of some old concepts and their relationship
to play, to video games, to writing
Presenter:
Steve Draper,
School of Psychology,
University of Glasgow.
Slides:
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Abstract
Several older concepts can be usefully re-examined for applicability to "Ludic
Literature". Do writers first create a plan and then execute it, or does
structure emerges only during writing? (about equal numbers of people do
each); and the same issue emerges for software programmers, and for sculptors.
It furthermore applies to readers / players (the mixture each wants of novelty
vs. familiar structure). George Eliot argued that novels develop empathy (a
wholly worthy educational effect); yet it is often true that people read
trashy novels or play trivial games purposely as a rest from these loftier
aspirations. This applies also to writing and game design. Fun occurs in the
overlap of play with enjoyment especially including loftier interests.
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