From the monthly archives: October 2005

Post-aesthetics

By On 17/10/2005 ·

Back from sunny Bergen, I can report that the Aesthetics of Play conference was most succesful. Presentations were competent and varied and the organizers impressively organized.
One thing that struck me as oddish was the strong focus, in most presentations, of issues related to realism, mimemis, representation (as opposed to, say, rules). Guess I [...]

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Norwegian Aesthetics

By On 12/10/2005 ·

Should you wish to debate the finer points of analytical game theory you can find me at the Aesthetics of Play conference, Bergen, Norway. Friday I’ll be presenting on “The Aesthetics of Antagonism”. Paper to be made available somewhere at some point.

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The triumphant return of… media studies

By On 11/10/2005 ·

Okay, here’s an excerpt from a chapter I’m writing on the importance of how one chooses to conceptualize the “player”. I start (more or less) by pointing to the implications of various user/audience views in other fields. Here’s my draft take on the issue in media studies. Comments shall be welcome, here or by email.

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tDSoT takes a new direction

By On 11/10/2005 ·

Deeply buried beneath theoretical arcana, I hereby proclaim that this blog shall henceforth mostly be concerned with my dissertational scriblings. At random intervals I will raise a topic or post paragraphs/sections from my manuscript in the vain hope that someone (that’s you!) will take it upon him/her-self to think along and perhaps to comment should [...]

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