the machine of narratives

this is very cool. and actually this kind of project legitimizes your collaboration with someone.... me! hahaha. well, as you knew, since my annenberg days i've been involved in the research on networked online environment.. well, i am not into games, though, i am more into amateurish production... such as remix videos, etc.

some colleagues of mine at annenberg and somewhere else are pretty much into this. for example, check this out: the digital youth project of annenberg usc and berkeley. they really do very exciting project with huge funding from MacArthur.

and btw, have you ever read Game Studies journal? there're some interesting cool fun stuff there too http://gamestudies.org/0701/

yes, i can see how yours would be different. because you focus on the concept 'fun' itself. most of game studies, i think, emphasis on aesthetic, cultural and communicative aspects of gaming, forgetting that what's fun about gaming is actually the 'fun' itself! so, yes, indeed, yours would be a great project... and fun :p

waaaa..seruuuu...

-yk-

kalo gue bilang ini ajang pertemanan dgn titik kuat di sisi kompetisi antar personal. mungkin seperti jaman kecil maen perang2an di sekolah :), tapi di satu sisi kelebihan merangkap kekurangan di internet shared game, orang ga perlu tahu siapa kita sebenarnya. Sisi psikologis permainannya berbeda dari sisi ini.

i would love to read the full proposal.

i might have some ideas to do empirical test of several network mechanisms for social construction.

can i be that phd student..hihi..hihihihihi

i have two interests:

1. on the organization of fun production. this is more about how (fun) producers organize themselves - in networks- to produce fun. here, fun itself is secondary since the focus is on the organization of production.

2. the meaning of fun.
is there such thing as fun? is fun real?
i'm interested to specify and measure fun through linguistic esp. grammar.
that is, try to find patterns in grammar or stories that contribute fun. the content is not important; but see if stories/plot that are fun have particular grammar patterns.

the first interest is more basic because people already did the same things but with different industries or projects. although it might be not so interesting intellectually, but it could have practical implications for game/entertainment business.

the second, i think, is much more interesting.

This is super interesting, but don't you think "fun" is such a broad topic? why does gaming have to be equated with fun? Isn't there other activities where people interact with machines that can generate the feeling of "fun" (e.g. sex toys). I understand you wanna just look at the fun aspect of gaming, but can't different group interpret fun differently? Or interpret the experience of gaming differently for that matter. But I notice, one gaming machine, the Wii, seems to generate more fun than other gaming machines do in various groups of users, so that may be one interesting case study. Keep us posted.

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