tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213909075959162308.post5193705662115682980..comments2010-03-29T04:35:24.776-07:00Before Game Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14201265349058506952noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213909075959162308.post-89009265181277485872009-06-14T16:22:13.223-07:002009-06-14T16:22:13.223-07:00Months later, I finally understand what you are talking about here.Before Game Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14201265349058506952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213909075959162308.post-54718118285208638112009-05-14T14:01:00.000-07:002009-05-14T14:01:00.000-07:00Really my first step is going to just be a google search. I'm more interested in google page rank and where it takes me instead of scholars duking it out about the subject. It's a fine distinction and perhaps google page rank isn't worth exploring but that's what I want to look at as well..Before Game Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14201265349058506952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213909075959162308.post-72059318655110516422009-05-14T13:44:00.000-07:002009-05-14T13:44:00.000-07:00You should start with Roger Travis' Escapist piece "Who is Games Studies Good For?" in which he takes issue with one of my former colleagues (Doug Wilson) for "hating gamers." He doesn't actually hate the people who game, I think, but rather the generic typological gamer who is racist, sexist, in it for fun and lulz and teabags, etc. Basically Travis and Bogost argue it out all over the Internets, and tons of people come in to comment on various aspects. Travis also teaches gamer-centric reader theory, I believe, in his Internet course on Homer and epic games (which I might be taking this summer, only 200 bucks).Simon Ferrarihttp://chungking.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com