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Builder Post

Hope Puzzanghera: Builder 

Tom Stewart WRT 205

Gamasutra Article (Ampersand)

* Papers, Please: http://www.giantbomb.com/papers-please/3030-41931/ * Cart Life: http://www.giantbomb.com/cart-life/3030-36155/ * Dys4ia: https://jayisgames.com/review/dys4ia.php * Website: http://bogost.com/ 

Ivan Laryionenka

Is finding such balance possible? Do such games actually make you think and act? Is it possible to create mass social awareness & movement through games?

Lillian Klass: Catalyst

What is the purpose of a game?

What is your opinion on “games for change” or serious games/ Do you agree with Bogost argument? Why?

Did anyone play the games he discusses in the article?

Do games for a change serve a purpose if so of the experiences you’ve had do they fulfill their purpose?

While reading I noticed he stated that serious games are not used for game play do you think they would server their purpose better if they were designed with game play in mind?

-I feel as though these “games” are not meant to be fun and making them fun would take away from the issue they are bringing awareness to.

Kevin Ward 

Ian Bogost Bio http://bogost.com/uncategorized/about-me/ Papers, Please Game Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QP5X6fcukM http://papersplea.se/

Samuel Ansell 

“Real systems thinking assumes that simple answers are always wrong, but games for change, or serious games, are often prevented(*presented?) as superficially transformative affairs” - Bogost

He(Bogost) argues that “serious games” nowadays are mostly created for the headlines in the media/profit, to secure lectures, or receive book grants ● In terms of the game ​Oligarchy

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,Bogost suggests that since the creator gave texts and

images to explain the themes of the game before you even play, why have the game at all?

Aka, if the game can not portray what you’re trying to get across, why stay in this medium?

Rather than going to a newspaper or something

 In Bogost’s eye, ​Oligarchyshould have been made into a movie to get the point across.

Generally, people see games as a non serious thing, so when a “serious game” is created it “risks becoming an aesthetic exercise”

Bogost wants games where people seek to play it because of the emotional connection, not because of the good headlines/reviews they saw.

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Alice Pryor - vice catalyst

Nick Mellen - notes

Different games found: 

file:///Users/nickmellen/Desktop/The_Republia_Times.html

file:///Users/nickmellen/Desktop/Papers_Please_Wiki.html

file:///Users/nickmellen/Desktop/game_skinny.html

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Group work - Builder

http://papersplease.wikia.com/wiki/Papers_Please_Wiki

http://www.gameskinny.com/jgngk/the-8-games-with-the-toughest-moral-decisions-youve-ever-made/9

http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2015/08/24/10-choice-driven-games-like-dawn-need-play/#/slide/10

-Links found by Corey-

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RPG Character

Strengths: •Note taking •Submitting work on time •Research Skills: •Photography •Tech Savvy •Basic Coding Assets: •Access to 3D printing labs Weaknesses: •Heavy schedule •Does not mix well with procrastinators

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RPG Character Profile

Class: Posthuman

Motto: “So over the anthropocene”

Strengths

Idea Hoarder: reads/watches/looks for/listens/interacts with all sorts of things (and tries to keep track of them…)

Curiouser and Curiouser: wonderer. wanderer.

Big Eyes: like to observe worlds I’m in/move through

Attuned Ears: observation can’t be ocularcentric!

Tinkerer: like to think through ideas with my hands

Skills

Woodworking

Soldering/basic electronic messing

Basic coding

Photo/audio/video editing

Graphic/information design

Field recording

DIY or die

Equipment

iPhone

Macbook

Audio and video recorders

An exploding bag of craft supplies

An assortment of odd electronic instruments

Weaknesses

Conceptual Thinker: sometimes can’t stop thinking, so getting started can be difficult

Scatterbrain: interest in all the things makes it hard to keep track of all the things

Under Pressure Procrastinator: slow thinker, so I often find myself down to the wire (and kind of thrive here, unfortunately)

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A Game or Not a Game?

A game is a system in which players engage in an artificial conflict, defined by rules, that results in a quantifiable outcome. -- Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman, Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals

We’re reaching a point in our game play where we’re questioning what makes up our assumptions (experience and understanding) of what we understand playing a game to be. What makes a game a game and not a work of art? Or an interactive text?

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“Since its release, ‘September 12th’ has been used as an example of Newsgame and Serious Game in every academic research on the topic. The reason is that this is the perfect match between telling something important to people and creating constructive debate using game’s mechanics.”

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“On another level, you can see the whole game as an attempt to connect, even if though fiction, to an everyday reality of war that is so carefully removed from our existence. We are living the paradox of being inundated by militaristic entertainment while we barely know about what happens, for example, in Yemen and Somalia where US covert operations are regularly taking place.”

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"I'm not a gamer, but I know that having a game about Darfur reaches out to lots of young people out there who are clueless about what's going on. But on the other hand, in this age when so much information is on the Internet, do we really need a game -- a game -- to remind people that something so terrible is happening in the Sudan?"

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[check out/follow The Strong’s tumblr for access/updates to the cool collections and the happenings of the museum]

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Passage makes it into MoMA’s collection through the Applied Design exhibit. 

“There are still people who think that design is just about making things, people, and places pretty. In truth, design has spread to almost every facet of human activity, from science and education to politics and policymaking, for a simple reason: one of design’s most fundamental tasks is to help people respond to change. A designer today can choose to focus on interactions, interfaces, the Internet, visualizations, socially minded infrastructures and products, 5-D spaces, bioengineering, sustainability, video games, critical scenarios, and yes, even furniture”.

[Applied Design]

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[review/response to the game]

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our very own Thomas helped design and make a game! 

check out the trailer (at least)! or if you have some birthday money laying around, buy it for yourself (the funds go to a good cause).

DISCLAIMER: You are in no way required to purchase or play this game for class; it’s just a cool thing. 

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