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서명/저자사항 | Fun, taste & games : an aesthetics of the idle, unproductive, and otherwise playful/ John Sharp and David Thomas. [electronic resource]. |
개인저자 | Sharp, John,1967- author. Thomas, David(L. David), author, |
발행사항 | Cambridge: MIT Press, 2019. |
형태사항 | 1 online resource (256 pages). |
총서사항 | Playful thinking |
기타형태 저록 | Print version: Sharp, John, 1967- author. Fun, taste & games 9780262039352 |
ISBN | 9780262351249 0262351242 |
요약 | Reclaiming fun as a meaningful concept for understanding games and play. "Fun" is somewhat ambiguous. If something is fun, is it pleasant Entertaining Silly A way to trick students into learning Fun also has baggage--it seems inconsequential, embarrassing, child's play. In Fun, Taste, & Games , John Sharp and David Thomas reclaim fun as a productive and meaningful tool for understanding and appreciating play and games. They position fun at the heart of the aesthetics of games. As beauty was to art, they argue, fun is to play and games--the aesthetic goal that we measure our experiences and interpretations against. Sharp and Thomas use this fun-centered aesthetic framework to explore a range of games and game issues--from workplace bingo to Meow Wolf, from basketball to Myst , from the consumer marketplace to Marcel Duchamp. They begin by outlining three elements for understanding the drive, creation, and experience of fun: set-outsideness, ludic forms, and ambiguity. Moving from theory to practice and back again, they explore the complicated relationships among the titular fun, taste, and games. They consider, among other things, the dismissal of fun by game journalists and designers; the seminal but underinfluential game Myst, and how tastes change over time; the shattering of the gamer community in Gamergate; and an aesthetics of play that goes beyond games. |
일반주제명 | Games --Philosophy. Amusements --Philosophy. Play (Philosophy) Amusements --Philosophy. Games --Philosophy. Play (Philosophy) SPORTS & RECREATION / General |
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