From Magic Circles To Magic Portals

From Magic Circles To Magic Portals Dr Jim Purbrick BarCamp Brighton 2011

Magic Circles“Temporary worlds within the ordinaryworld, dedicated to the performance of anact apart” Johan Huizinga

Game“Playing a game is the voluntary attempt toovercome unnecessary obstacles” BernardSuits

Golf“What makes golf a game is that you willinglyagree to stand really far away from each holeand swing at the ball with a club” JaneMcGonigal

Virtual Worlds“The membrane that encloses virtualworlds” Edward Castronova

The Hero’s Journey“People go there as part of a heros journey- a means of self-discovery” Richard Bartle

Gamer Regret“A sudden, horrifying sense of emptinesswhen we muse on all the other things wecould have done with our game time” CliveThompson

Second LifeA magic circleA sandboxA culture of creativityNo goals or unnecessary obstacles

KaraokeA magic circle around a social occasionrather than a game

Rock BandCooperative karaoke with explicit scoring

PictionaryEncouraging creative artistic composition tosolve puzzles

CreatarrUnnecessary obstaclesEncouraging creative compositionCasual participationJudged by the communityCollaborative and higher level creationWeb based

Magic PortalsTemporary worlds within the ordinaryworld, dedicated to the betterment of theirtransient populations

Further ReadingKatie Salen and Eric Zimmerman, Rules ofPlay: Game Design FundamentalsEdward Castronova, Synthetic Worlds: TheBusiness and Culture of Online GamesJane McGonigal, Reality is Broken

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From Magic Circles To Magic Portals

by Jim Purbrick on Sep 11, 2011

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