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Erasing the magic circle ; The philosophy of computer games

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    • Publication Information:
      Springer Netherlands
    • Publication Date:
      2012
    • Collection:
      University of Malta: OAR@UM / L-Università ta' Malta
    • Abstract:
      In striving to establish a theoretical framework for the academic study of games it is crucial that we, as game researchers, consider carefully the core concepts that pervade our work. Certain metaphors provide the very foundations upon which future research is to be built. If we are to move forward, we have to, as is the case with any developing field of study, take certain concepts as given. These are the tools of our trade. They allow us to progress without having to constantly try to re-invent the proverbial wheel. A great deal of work has recently gone into defining our object of study. Efforts at synthesising and refining previous game definitions undertaken by Juul (2005) and Salen and Zimmerman (2003) have been of great use in this respect. But the conceptual awareness I am advocating here delves deeper than definitions. It strikes at the assumptions that these definitions and other basic concepts that underlie our thinking about games take as given. ; peer-reviewed
    • Relation:
      Calleja, G. (2012).Erasing the Magic Circle. In J. Sageng, H. Fossheim., T. Mandt Larsen (Eds.), The Philosophy of Computer Games (pp.77-91). Dordrecht: Springer.; https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/26650
    • Accession Number:
      10.1007/978-94-007-4249-9_6
    • Online Access:
      https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/26650
      https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4249-9_6
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      info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess ; The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder.
    • Accession Number:
      edsbas.B4A24F0E