Making sense of a game: A preliminary sketch for a semantic approach to games

Gabriele Ferri

doi:10.1145/1255047.1255097

Making sense of a game: A preliminary sketch for a semantic approach to games

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Abstract

In this paper a semiotic approach to video games will be presented. Structuralist semiotic notion of text will be crit-icized for being unable to account for the nonlinear and un-stable nature of interactive ludic objects, and Rastier's [9] paradigm will be adopted. Integrating it with recent pro-posals in semantic of perception [4], a sketch for a semantic and semiotic analytic methodology for computer games will be outlined. Such methodology will be field-tested on the computer game flOw [1].

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, ACE 2007
Pages	226-227
Number of pages	2
Volume	203
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1255047.1255097
Publication status	Published - 2007
Externally published	Yes
Event	4th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, ACE 2007 - Salzburg, Austria Duration: 13 Jun 2007 → 15 Jun 2007

Conference

Conference	4th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, ACE 2007
Country	Austria
City	Salzburg
Period	13/06/07 → 15/06/07

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Ferri, G 2007, Making sense of a game: A preliminary sketch for a semantic approach to games. in Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, ACE 2007. vol. 203, pp. 226-227, 4th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, ACE 2007, Salzburg, Austria, 13/06/07. https://doi.org/10.1145/1255047.1255097

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