A list of my contributions to the public debate
Ludologist Once
again rambling on for evolutionary psychology as the way to investigate
09/03-04 the experience of
computer games.
Reality
Panic Comment to a post regarding the rating and censorship of games.
Unfortunately I
27/01-04 have
been forced to reconsider my previous attitude towards games as non-harmful.
Fiction
of any kind serves to teach us action-patterns and their consequences, and
these
action-patterns
necessarily define how we view the world and how we can act in it.
Spiludvikling.dk Debate
on a Danish site, regarding AI and the cognitive approach to game-design
25/01-04 in
general.
Ludologist Comment
in a debate regarding the definition of games. To my mind the definition
23/11-03 should
be based on how and why we play, which can be answered through evolutionary
psychology. Games allow for
the practice of behavior and strategies, and as a result
games can be defined as
consisting of resources to be manipulated, rules regarding this
manipulation, and a goal to
be achieved through this manipulation.
buzzcut Comment
in a debate called 'The Idea Game', regarding the computer games
14/11-03 ability to create emotions. I explain in brief why the computer game of today is so
inept at the task, and how
the future combination of narrative and game hold
greater promise.