Read and watch the following:
Bartle, Richard. “HEARTS, CLUBS, DIAMONDS, SPADES: PLAYERS WHO SUIT MUDS.” Journal of MUD Research, 1996, https://mud.co.uk/richard/hcds.htm. Fernandez-Vara, Clara. “Play's the Thing: A Framework to Study Videogames as Performance.” Proceedings of the 2009 DiGRA International Conference: Breaking New Ground: Innovation in Games, Play, Practice and Theory, Sept. 2009, https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/100276. “Relational Aesthetics Movement Overview.” The Art Story, https://www.theartstory.org/movement/relational-aesthetics.
“Fluxus Movement Overview.” The Art Story, https://www.theartstory.org/movement/fluxus.
“Cut Piece.” 21 Mar. 1965, New York, Carnegie Recital Hall, https://vimeo.com/106706806.
Ecker, Lorenz Caspar. “Relational Gaming On the Social Aspect of Artistic Computer Games.” Springerin, no. 4/2020, Apr. 2020, https://www.springerin.at/en/2020/4/relational-gaming/. Brush up on ARGs and pick one from this list to go in-depth with and present to the class:
Answer the following (a paragraph for each):
Identify a social convention. What are the rules? Are there similarities to a “game”?
Respond to this week's reading. Is there anything inspiring/useful for you?
Pick an ARG from the list mentioned above. Be prepared to analyze it in class. Pay special attention to how it creates relationships between players and communities.
DUE BEFORE MONDAY 2/14
Identify a social convention. What are the rules? Are there similarities to a "game"?
One typical Social Convention I would like to talk about is; "Dress appropriately for the environment you are in."
It is a norm/ rule that everyone follows in their day-to-day life. For example, we dress up as per the environment or the event. If we do not follow these unsaid rules, we are considered the odd man out. Following are few examples of the same:
People wear formal clothes in the office environment.
Students wear school uniforms while going to school.
Many occupations have their own dress codes, like Doctors wearing aprons. Police officers, Pilots, military, and many other professions have their unique uniforms.
Usually,…
I think of the chess game. There are two types of chess game: international chess and Chinese chess. Although the chessboards and rules are different among the two, there are similarities in-between them. The way we identify each piece of chess in the game, its role and the rules that bounds with each role, can reflect rules and customs of a society within a country.
In ancient China, there were monarchs and ministers, where ministers differentiated as military officials and civil officials, and there were soldiers and horses. The leader of a country, who displays an important position, whose freedom to itinerary is restrained by the taken throne. Similarly, in Chinese chess, the generals “將” or “帅” (they’re all playing…
One interesting social norm I've noticed is color association. Boys wear blue and girls
wear pink. Certainly a parent can do the opposite for their children but it is just more
accepted in our society that blue is for boys and pink is for girls. In a game, especially
when it requires multiplayer cooperation, it is also expected to follow the social norm
in game. Not only this can be seen purposely designed by designers, but it also applies
to players playing the game. For instance, in first person shooter games, medics are
often equipped with a rather short ranged shotgun. Technically player can use a different
weapon like sniper rifle but it is purposely designed that way. Another example…
In layman's terms, social conventions are the behaviors that are tacitly regarded as the most reasonable under certain situation in daily life, including a large number of behaviors that demonstrate personal compliance with moral standards, such as never letting the door slap on the face of the person who is right behind you, walking on one side of the stairs to give the middle out to those who are really in a hurry, covering your face when sneezing or coughing, etc. All of the above can be summed up as “do someone a little favor”. The reasons why most people will take these uncompulsory behaviors stem from the underlying mutually beneficial relationships in human society, i.e. if all people can…
The social convention that I thought is interesting is being a student. Being a student we are expected to behave in a certain way while we are at school and attending classes this behavior that we learn from a very early age impacts how we treat other people at different places which includes our work place.
There are certain rules for a student in a class room.
>>They should not use mobile devices in the class.
>>They should be attentive in the class.
>>They should complete their assignments before their due date.
>>They should ask questions when in doubt.
And more.
I guess by following the rules of being a student, you can do well in your exams which becomes…