Epistemological issues in understanding game design, play-experience, and reportage

Peter Howell; Brett Stevens

Epistemological issues in understanding game design, play-experience, and reportage

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Abstract

This paper presents a philosophically-grounded argument for examining how second-order analysis can be approached with regard to epistemologies of game design and play-experience. Games are presented as multiple ‘units of being’ sharing relationships of dependency and transformation, which can be approached differently by different audiences. To demonstrate how such relationships can function between units of being, examples from game analyses are discussed with particular attention to the role of cognition and memory in reporting on the play-experience specifically. Implications for design practice, player studies, game analysis, and games criticism are discussed throughout the argument, working towards a theoretical foundation for enabling more deeply informed interpretation and analyses.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	DiGRA '19 - Proceedings of the 2019 DiGRA International Conference: Game, Play and the Emerging Ludo-Mix
Publisher	Digital Games Research Association
Number of pages	14
Publication status	Published - 10 Aug 2019
Event	DiGRA 2019: Game, Play and the Emerging Ludo-Mix - Kyoto, Japan Duration: 6 Aug 2019 → 10 Aug 2019 http://www.digra2019.org/

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Conference	DiGRA 2019
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Kyoto
Period	6/08/19 → 10/08/19
Internet address	http://www.digra2019.org/

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DiGRA 2019
Peter Howell (Presented paper)
6 Aug 2019 → 10 Aug 2019
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University of Portsmouth (Organisational unit)
Peter Howell (Chair), Neil Dansey (Member), Gavin Wade (Member), Ted Turnbull (Member), Mark Eyles (Member), Daniel Mcguire Pinchbeck (Member), Matthew Higgins (Member), Ted Turnbull (Member), Anna Limpens (Member), Mohammed Jahangir Uddin (Member) & Leila De Lara (Member)
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Howell, P., & Stevens, B. (2019). Epistemological issues in understanding game design, play-experience, and reportage. In DiGRA '19 - Proceedings of the 2019 DiGRA International Conference: Game, Play and the Emerging Ludo-Mix Digital Games Research Association. http://www.digra.org/digital-library/publications/epistemological-issues-in-understanding-games-design-play-experience-and-reportage/

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Epistemological issues in understanding game design, play-experience, and reportage

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