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The Last Word on Ludology v Narratology (2005) the slides

Posted on June 28, 2013 | 4 comments

Here are the slides from the oral version of the DiGRA 2005 Preface to my keynote talk, which was introduced by Espen which made it more fun for both of us. Continue reading →

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The Last Word on Ludology v Narratology (2005)

Posted on June 28, 2013 | 23 comments

Ian Bogost’s rendering of the great critical struggle.

Recently this image has resurfaced in a talk by Espen Aarseth. I believe that the Ludology/Narratology discussion has moved on. My favorite sign of the discussion changing occurred a few years back when Espen announced that he was studying narrative elements in games. But only last month I had a request for the content of my “preamble” to my DIGRA 2005 talk which I think was published in the Proceedings but may be hard to track down. So I am posting it here, along with a movie version of the slides. Espen introduced me for a keynote speech, and the body of my talk focused on other issues. But I felt a need to begin by offering the “Last Word on Ludology v Narratology”.

The slides are here and the essay is below:

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