Friday, September 28, 2012

Research and game

My conference paper will be on Minecraft, specifically on the environment of the game.  The games aesthetic if very simplistic, harkening to the 8-bit days of video games.  So, something else must draw in the gamers, like myself, who return to Minecraft to chop down one more tree, to smelt more ore, to build.

Video Game: Minecraft

The Video Game Theory Reader 2 – possibly Chapter 2. Philosophical Game Design, Chapter 3. The Video Game Aesthetic: Play as Form and Chapter 4. Embodiment and Interface.

Explore, Create, Survive: ‘Minecraft’ is a versatile and fun game with broad appeal

The Improbable Rise of Minecraft by Chadwick Matlin

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