Seth Giddings
Mini-games, monsters and Mr Happy: A video essay on virtual and actual play
Giddings, Seth
Authors
Abstract
This video essay is a microethological study of the transduction of a virtual world (the PC game Age of Mythologies) into the actual world play of children with toys and water. The video is constructed from an audio recording and a sequence of still photographs of the play event. It traces the shaping of actual play by simulated worlds and their conventions, fictions and virtual physics.
Citation
Giddings, S. (2011). Mini-games, monsters and Mr Happy: A video essay on virtual and actual play
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Sep 22, 2011 |
Deposit Date | Nov 22, 2011 |
Publicly Available Date | Apr 21, 2016 |
Journal | AudioVisual Thinking: A Journal of Academic Videos |
Print ISSN | 1904-8939 |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 3 |
Keywords | virtual play, play |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/959038 |
Publisher URL | http://www.audiovisualthinking.org/videos/mrhappy/ |
Files
mr happy.mov
(108.1 Mb)
Video