Comments on: Speaking at Indiana University, Georgia Tech

By: Ulrich Tausend

Ulrich Tausend — Tue, 13 May 2008 22:27:27 +0000

I think without distinction between how you play and what you play using ‘casual’ with games is confusing.
Jussi Kuittinen, Annakaisa Kultima, Johannes Niemelä and Janne Paavilainen wrote something really nice about that (Stupid long urls! http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1328202.1328221&coll=&dl=ACM&type=series&idx=SERIES11563&part=series&WantType=Proceedings&title=Future%20Play&CFID=56714583&CFTOKEN=13920279).
I wrote a short summary here: http://www.ulrichtausend.com/neogames/2007/04/using-term-casual-for-people-who-play.html

By: Calvin Ashmore

Calvin Ashmore — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:35:53 +0000

The latter was a great talk, I hope it finds its way to a publication too.

What I found notable was that you devised a set of aesthetics or values of casual games that can be used to analyze games from both game-centric and player-centric perspectives. Since there seems to be a divide in game studies over whether to study mechanics or communities, looking at games from aesthetics could bridge both.

Cheers!

By: Jesper

Jesper — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:12:41 +0000

Probably not as is, but it will end up in a coming publication. I will post when it comes out.

By: Stewart Woods

Stewart Woods — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:58:17 +0000

Jesper,

Since it’s a little far to travel from Oz, any chance the text of the former will be available anytime soon?

cheers
Stewart