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Tag: Cultural Production

  • Kick Starting Fans and the Play of Patronage

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    [Cross Posted over at Culture Digitally] It has been a strange couple of days in #GAMEDEV land. For those that haven’t followed Double Fine’s Adventure on KickStarter, now would be a good time to start. The short story is that a small studio run by a game development luminary employing other game development legends managed…

  • Over on #CULTD: On Power Gamers and Instrumental Play

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    As usual, I’m chasing the Ice Cream Truck. I’ve been thinking a lot about users / producers (and for me this continues to be game developers) and procedural rhetoric(s). Ian’s comments in particular spurred my thoughts on this. I’m going to omit much of the broader conversation around a certain recent essay, but I want…