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Josephine Anstey History of Gaming 1 Context(s)

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Josephine Anstey. History of Gaming 1 Context(s). Josephine Anstey. … anthropology and its sister sciences have so far laid too little stress on the concept of play and on the supreme importance to civilisation of the play factor.” Foreward to Homo Ludens Johan Huizinga, 1938. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Josephine Anstey

History of Gaming 1

Context(s)

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… anthropology and its sister sciences haveso far laid too little stress on the concept ofplay and on the supreme importance tocivilisation of the play factor.”

Foreward to Homo LudensJohan Huizinga, 1938

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What is play?

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What is a game?

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Why do we play?

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SkittlesBagatellePin BallVideo Arcade Games

Tools/Machines that Play 1

Various Video Games Contexts

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Mechanical DollsAutomata AI, Intelligent Agents, Robots

Tools/Machines that Play 2

Various Video Games Contexts

The Turk 1770 (a fake)

Spore 2007

Alpha Wolf, Blumberg 2001

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RidesDisneyQuestMotion Platforms

Tools/Machines that Play 3

Various Video Games Contexts

1939 Allen Herschell carousel

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Games->Video Games

Various Video Games Contexts

Pong Atari 1972

Madden Football PS2 2005

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Various Video Games Contexts

World of Warcraft 2007Role Playing Games

50sLord of the Rings 70sDungeon and DragonsText-based Adventure Games80sChat Rooms Muds and Moos2000sMMORPGs

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Various Video Games Contexts

Antonin Artaud by Man RayArt and Performance 1

Drama 30's-60's● Artaud, Brecht, Ionesco●Theatre of Cruelty●Theatre of Absurd

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Various Video Games Contexts

John Cage, Variations V, 1965

Art and Performance 2

Happenings 1950/60sCage, Nam June Paik, Kaprow etc etc.Fluxus

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Various Video Games Contexts

Computers 1

InteractionDigitilizationProcedure

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Various Video Games Contexts

Computers 2

1960s●Mainframes●Vector Graphics – realtime●Light pens for interactivity●Mathematics of Representing Objects

1970s●Mainframes +●Raster Graphics – things slow down●WIMP●First Paint Program Shoup & Ray Smith

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Various Video Games Contexts

Computers 3

1966 HMD Evans and Sutherland

1991 CAVE, Cruz Neira, DeFanti, Sandin

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Various Video Games Contexts

Computers 4

1980s●Workstations, PC●Growth of CG for special effects (Tron 1982) (Roger Rabbit 1988)●Non-linear editing

1990s●Ubiquitous Pcs, Games●Web (91), Browsers (93)

2000s●Fast Pcs●Dwindling fortunes of high end graphic computers (SGI)●Games make more money than movies

Tron above, Sims below

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Video Games/Computer Games

Games Now and Future

Mainstream Games - faster, more realistic

Innovation driven by VR dreams? Holodeck that supports all senses

AI Dreams? Intelligent Agents human look, human intelligence

Other Dreams?