why games will sit at the head of the media table
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Games do not need to "grow up" or become like movies. That is a perception issue, but games actually generate culture rather than exploit it, and should be considered the primary medium of the next century.TRANSCRIPT
Why Games Will Sit At The Head Of The Table
@tiedtigerThursday, 3 January 13
My Power 100 WoeThursday, 3 January 13
Games People Are Missing at Almost All LevelsThursday, 3 January 13
Although Games Can Have Enormous ReachThursday, 3 January 13
...And Have A Vibrant Culture...Thursday, 3 January 13
...Medialand Doesn’t Really Understand ThemThursday, 3 January 13
To Them Gamers are Techies, Spods or AddictsThursday, 3 January 13
“Education” Is Often Considered Their Only WorthThursday, 3 January 13
One Day Maybe An “Interactive” Form Of TVThursday, 3 January 13
Mostly It’s About PlaceThursday, 3 January 13
Inspire > Distribute > ExploitThursday, 3 January 13
Video to Game is CommonThursday, 3 January 13
Game to Video is Usually Terrible.Thursday, 3 January 13
This Leads to Some Bad ConclusionsThursday, 3 January 13
"Games Are Immature, But One Day..."Thursday, 3 January 13
"Games And Storytelling Must Converge"Thursday, 3 January 13
“The Future of Games is Narrative-Plus” Thursday, 3 January 13
What is Narrative?Thursday, 3 January 13
An Edited Stream of InformationThursday, 3 January 13
Sometimes for Plot: StoriesThursday, 3 January 13
Sometimes for Compression: HistoriesThursday, 3 January 13
Sometimes Foundational: MythsThursday, 3 January 13
Sometimes Living: ParadigmsThursday, 3 January 13
All Narratives Are ConstructsThursday, 3 January 13
To Process and Idealise ExperienceThursday, 3 January 13
Like So
Event Sparks Emotion
Emotion Sparks Memory
Memorisation Sparks Editing
And Then The Story Is Passed On
Thursday, 3 January 13
Creating a Narrative is a Post-Event ProcessThursday, 3 January 13
But Games Are Played In The MomentThursday, 3 January 13
They Are Sources of EventsThursday, 3 January 13
Not Narratives At AllThursday, 3 January 13
The “Mature/Converge” Lens Is Wrong
The functionalist holds that there is some distinctive need met by art in our lives and that it is in terms of this need that art is to be defined. While art might meet many interests – for example it might be valued as a financial investment – such interests explain why artworks might be referred to and appreciated as investments and the like, but they do not explain why we have the concept of art and appreciate artworks qua art. The primary value of art is hedonic, rather than moral or pragmatic.
- Functional and Procedural Definitions of Art, Journal of Aesthetic Education 1990
A work of art in the classificatory sense is 1) an artefact 2) upon which some person or persons acting on behalf of a certain social institution (the artworld) has conferred the status of candidate for appreciation.
- Aesthetics: An Introduction
Functional Institutional
Thursday, 3 January 13
Games Belong HereThursday, 3 January 13
Like SoThursday, 3 January 13
Sports Generate EventsThursday, 3 January 13
Sports Breed EmotionThursday, 3 January 13
Emotion Becomes MemoryThursday, 3 January 13
So Sports Generate StoriesThursday, 3 January 13
Their Secret is the “Magic Circle”Thursday, 3 January 13
Sports Have a Sense of TheatreThursday, 3 January 13
This Happens With Other Kinds of GameThursday, 3 January 13
Streetfighter Amazing ComebackThursday, 3 January 13
Poker TV CoverageThursday, 3 January 13
E-SportsThursday, 3 January 13
ViralsThursday, 3 January 13
Review CultureThursday, 3 January 13
Spin-off CultureThursday, 3 January 13
But This Not Happening on TVThursday, 3 January 13
Video Has Become DemocraticThursday, 3 January 13
The Magic Circle Can Be VirtualThursday, 3 January 13
Games Are Seen More As “Functional” NowThursday, 3 January 13
No Longer The Red-Headed Step ChildThursday, 3 January 13
They Are "Generative Culture" - Dan CookThursday, 3 January 13
That’s Why Games Breed “Whales”Thursday, 3 January 13
While Medialand Can Only Sell “Files”Thursday, 3 January 13
So Who Really Needs Who Here?Thursday, 3 January 13
The Power 100 Might Become an ObituaryThursday, 3 January 13
How We’ll Win
Forget What Medialand Thinks
Focus on Generating Events
Love Function Over Institution
Keep Connecting
Thursday, 3 January 13