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Interactive Entertainment 2013

Robbie FordyceSchool of Culture and CommunicationUniversity of Melbourne

Fallout 3VideogameBethesda

Terminal

• Two forms of inertness:

• Attrition– Tends towards an absence of interactable

objects

• Order– Everything has been ‘organised’.

MinecraftVideogameMojang Studios

Modified with a map editor to remove all landscape features

MagnasantiSim City 3000 gameworldVincent Ocasala

Dwarf FortressBay 12 GamesFortress by Luke van Ryn

Civilization V - Scientific VictoryVideogameFiraxis Games

Dwarf FortressVideogameBay 12 Games