Brave New Play: A Brief Look at Digital Natives, Changing Play Ecosystems, and Wager-Based Gaming

摘要

In this April 11 Gaming Research Colloquium talk, Andrade presents some recent research and insights into new forms of popular digital and reality-based play. New game forms such as cosplay, larping, virtual-location based games, co-presence, and play communities are established norms of play with tens-of-thousands of players/participants and gaining popularity as productive gaming communities.