Well Played: What the What?

1. Well Played
What the What?
Drew Davidson

2. About Me

3. ETC Press
• First Publication in 2008"
• Experimental, Academic, Open Source"
• Entertainment Technologies Across Fields"
• Books, Journals, Proceedings, Games"
• 38 Publications to Date"
!
• http://press.etc.cmu.edu/

4. Well Played
• Well
Read
&
Well
Made
• Analysis
&
Cri2cism
• Gameplay
&
Narra2ve
• Design
&
Development
• Literacy
&
Mastery

5. Well Played
• Presenta2ons
• Books
• Conferences
• Journal

6. 2nd ICEC in 2003

7. MiT 4 in 2005

8. GLS 3.0 - 2007

9. GLS 4.0 - 2008

10. Meaningful Play - 2008

11. GLS 5.0 - 2009

12. GLS 6.0 - 2010

13. Meaningful Play - 2010

14. Sandbox Summit - 2011

15. GLS 7.0 - 2011

16. IndieCade East - 2013

17. GLS 9.0 - 2013

18. Well Played Books
Video Games, Value and Meaning
• ETC Press"
• 1.0 – 2009"
• 2.0 – 2010"
• 3.0 – 2011"
• 65 Articles

19. GLS 7.0 - 2011
• Well Played
Track of Sessions

20. Well Played Live Sessions
• GLS (2007 - "
• DiGRA (2011 - "
• IndieCade (2011 - "
• Games for Change (2014 -

21. What is it?
• Live Play"
• Illustrate & Analyze"
• Developer Discussion

22. Well Played Journal !
!
• Started in 2011"
• To Date - 3 Volumes, 7 Issues"
• Peer Reviewed"
• Editorial Advisory Board"
• Open Submissions"
• Special Issues"
• Regular Publication "
• http://press.etc.cmu.edu/wellplayed/

23. Why?
• Video Games, Value and Meaning"
• Analysis & Criticism"
• Literacy & Mastery"
• Well Read & Well Made

24. Value & Meaning
• What it Means to Play a Game"
• Why it’s Important"
• Deconstruct & Discuss"
• The Experience of Play

25. Analysis & Criticism
• Close Reading"
• “Textual” Analysis"
• Like Film and Literary Criticism"
• Various Methods

26. Literacy & Mastery
• Flow"
• Procedural"
• Articulation"
• Interactive"
• Learning is Playing

27. Well Read & Well Made
• Playing Games"
• Making Games"
• Value & Meaning"
• Good, Bad, Better

28. Well Played
• Video games are a Complex Medium
that Merits Careful Interpretation and
Insightful Analysis."
!
• Thanks!"
• Questions?"
• drew@andrew.cmu.edu