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WHO CARES ABOUT SOCIAL GAMES?a talk for CompuGirls
John Carter McKnight
July 2011
who am I and why am I here?
adjunct professor of lawPhD student in “Human & Social
Dimensions of Science & Technology”
I study how people build communities and negotiate rules in online spaces
and I play a lot of games!
“Games are a series of interesting choices” – Sid Meier
Social games (Facebook games) get trashed by game developers,
who don’t find the choices interesting
why not?
who makes games?
who plays games?
“but those aren’t games games!”
what kinds of choices are interestingto you?
the game mechanics – those “interesting choices” – are actually the same as in a game that
developers, critics – and game studies professors - love
same choices, different context!
so what?
who decides what choices are “interesting”? you do!
great games – like great books – are the ones you can come back to
and find something interesting every time.
so….what’s interesting?