Gaming as action

"... following the definition of literary allegory as “other-speak,” I must define the gamic allegory: it is 'other-act.' The interpretation of gamic acts, then, should be thought of as the creation of a secondary discourse"

(A. Walloway, Gaming Essays on Algorithmic Culture, p.104)

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Power and videogames

"If a videogame is constituted by a set of more or less opaque algorithms that govern player action, then the power that the player feels derives from learning and mastering them."

-Liam Mitchell - Ludopolitics - p. 30-31.

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