Gameplay

@inproceedings { 3232,
title = {What does it mean to understand gameplay?},
journal = {First Symposium on Ludic Engagement Designs for All (LEDA)},
year = {2007},
month = {28/11/2007},
publisher = {Aalborg University},
organization = {Aalborg University},
address = {Aalborg University Esbjerg, Denmark},
abstract = {Understanding gameplay requires a consideration of basic epistemological questions about the nature of understanding. Grounded in a tradition of philosophical hermeneutics, it is possible to approach the understanding of gameplay as a matter of generating mappings to explanatory frameworks in alternative interpretation paradigms. It is especially useful to consider gameplay from perspectives of cognitive science, semiotics, consciousness studies and aesthetics. Each of these approaches provides a different but compatible perspective on understanding play. Integrating these perspectives without losing their differences provides a comprehensive theoretical
framework for play analysis.},
keywords = {gameplay, epistemology, cognition, consciousness, semiotics, aesthetics, knowledge, hermeneutics, philosophy, framework, interpretation, paradigm, play, theory, analysis, understanding},
URL = {http://gamescience.bth.se/download/14/},
author = {Lindley Craig A and Nacke, Lennart and Sennersten, Charlotte}
}