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This listing is not rated yet.   Rate it!  |  Report it! Ludologist http://www.jesperjuul.net/ludologist/ Category: Blog Directory » Gaming Blogs » Gaming General Hits: 2 Date added: 2006-03-30 21:51:18 Alexa traffic rank: 596,888 Site language: EN Site encoding: US-ASCII

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Ludologist Latest Posts

What Pac-Man really looks like
Stumbled on a disassembly of the Pac-Man program, with some comments. Is this what Pac-Man really looks like? What Pac-Man really is? Please discuss. This is probably the most accessible part of the code: ;; SCORING TABLE 2b17 0100 ; dot 2b19 0500 ; pellet 2b1b 2000 ; ghost 1 2b1d... Read more...
Published 6 days ago

What a Goal sounds like
Listen to the joy of the Spanish commentators when Torres scored the winning goal in the Euro cup 2008 final. Read more...
Published 6 days ago

Grand Theft Auto IV: ‘Grand,’ but No ‘Godfather
Junot Díaz (whom I did suspect was a bit of a gamer) has an essay on Grand Theft Auto IV in the Wall Street Journal today: ‘Grand,’ but No ‘Godfather. Sharply: Rockstar Games could have had a field day with Niko as immigrant, Niko as veteran from a war that was screwed up from... Read more...
Published 1 week ago

Game Consoles: The Lost Generation
Wagner James Au has one of the more interesting speculations right now:  The disappointing sales of GTA IV in combination with the fact that it surprisingly didn’t help sell more PS3 and 360s … means that “next gen” games as in “great graphics” have stopped... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago

The Home-Field Advantage
The question of why sports teams are more likely to win on their home turf … yes, it has been studied. The Boston Globe writes about it. Prime suspects: Visiting team has to travel Familiarity with the field Support from fans making referees partial Support from fans making teams play... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago

The Game Apartment
Next time I buy a Manhattan apartment near Central Park, this is the architect I want to hire for the renovovation. The apartment is quite attractive and perfectly functional in all the typical ways, and its added features remained largely unnoticed by its inhabitants for quite some time after... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago

Co potrafią,a czego nie potrafią gry komputerowe (What computer games can and can’t do)
Peter Wojcieszuk has graciously translated my paper What computer games can and can’t do into Polish: Co potrafią,a czego nie potrafią gry komputerowe. This paper (from 2000) was the first time I made a position statement about the need for video game theory, for a ludology. Many... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago

Fuel Efficiency as a Game (AKA: Games are the Poetry of Action)
The rising price of gas is quite the issue in the US these days. What to do? Make it a game, of course. Wired writes on hypermilers, people who compete in getting the most mileage: Even with gas at four bucks a gallon, Yahya Fahimuddin enjoys filling his car. It’s a contest, a chance to see... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago

Which field is on top?
XKCD sorts fields by perceived purity today: I think many more fields believe themselves to be on top than what is implied here. But that’s the fun of it, isn’t it? Read more...
Published 4 weeks ago

XBox Live Arcade: Digital Distribution, but without the Benefits
That was quick: Microsoft has announced that they will start removing underperforming games from XBox Live Arcade. You would think that infinite shelf space or the long tail meant something, but apparently not. I do not understand why the game industry has to be so different from, say, Amazon?... Read more...
Published 1 month ago