Beyond Procedurality: Situating The Witness in the Proceduralism Debate

Ryan Christopher Wright

Beyond Procedurality: Situating The Witness in the Proceduralism Debate

Ryan Christopher Wright

Center for Digital Play

Publikation: Konference artikel i Proceeding eller bog/rapport kapitel › Konferencebidrag i proceedings › Forskning › peer review

Abstract

This paper posits a comparative analysis between two views of ludic meaning in game studies. The same two puzzles from Thekla, Inc.’s 2016 puzzle adventure game The Witness are interpreted first from a proceduralist perspective and then are reinterpreted from a play-centric perspective derived from a combination of practice theory and game scholar Miguel Sicart’s formulation of play. The purpose of this analysis is to demonstrate how a game otherwise well-suited to proceduralist readings might be more completely understood from such a play-centric perspective and presents this experimental method of analysis by example.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Titel	DiGRA '19: Proceedings of the Digital Games Research Association Conference : Game, Play and the Emerging Ludo-Mix
Antal sider	18
Forlag	Digital Games Research Association
Publikationsdato	9 aug. 2019
Status	Udgivet - 9 aug. 2019
Begivenhed	2019 DiGRA International Conference: Game, Play and the Emerging Ludo-Mix - Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan Varighed: 6 aug. 2019 → 10 aug. 2019 http://www.digra2019.org/

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Konference	2019 DiGRA International Conference
Lokation	Ritsumeikan University
Land/Område	Japan
By	Kyoto
Periode	06/08/2019 → 10/08/2019
Internetadresse	http://www.digra2019.org/

Emneord

game analysis
play-centrism
practice theory
procedural rhetoric
The Witness

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Beyond Procedurality: Situating The Witness in the Proceduralism Debate. / Wright, Ryan Christopher.
DiGRA '19: Proceedings of the Digital Games Research Association Conference: Game, Play and the Emerging Ludo-Mix. Digital Games Research Association, 2019.

Publikation: Konference artikel i Proceeding eller bog/rapport kapitel › Konferencebidrag i proceedings › Forskning › peer review

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