@book{GuenzelLiebeMerschetal.2010, author = {G{\"u}nzel, Stephan and Liebe, Michael and Mersch, Dieter and K{\"u}cklich, Julian and Warnke, Martin and Cermak-Sassenrath, Daniel and Michael, Nitsche and Nohr, Rolf F. and Wenz, Karin and Wiemer, Serjoscha and Venus, Jochen and Butler, Mark}, title = {Logic and structure of the computer game}, editor = {G{\"u}nzel, Stephan and Liebe, Michael and Mersch, Dieter}, isbn = {978-3-86956-064-9}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-42695}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2010}, abstract = {The fourth volume of the DIGAREC Series holds the proceedings to the conference "Logic and Structure of the Computer Game", held at the House of Brandenburg- Prussian History in Potsdam on November 6 and 7, 2009. The conference was the first to explicitly address the medial logic and structure of the computer game. The contributions focus on the specific potential for mediation and on the unique form of mediation inherent in digital games. This includes existent, yet scattered approaches to develop a unique curriculum of game studies. In line with the concept of 'mediality', the notions of aesthetics, interactivity, software architecture, interface design, iconicity, spatiality, and rules are of special interest. Presentations were given by invited German scholars and were commented on by international respondents in a dialogical structure.}, language = {en} } @article{Nitsche2010, author = {Nitsche, Michael}, title = {Games as structures for mediated performances}, series = {DIGAREC series}, journal = {DIGAREC series}, number = {4}, issn = {1867-6227}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-42730}, pages = {110 -- 129}, year = {2010}, abstract = {Video games structure play as performance in both the virtual and the physical space. On the one hand, the player encounters game worlds as virtual stages to act upon. On the other hand, the game world stages the player and re-frames the play space. This essay sets out to suggest some of the elements that are at work in this dualism of games as performative media. The two key elements here are the mediation of the game environment and the transformation of the player through virtual puppetry. Both cases will be argued with a focus on spatiality in performance.}, language = {en} }