Imaginary Games by Bateman, Chris -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Preface 1 Games

What is a Game? Games and Play Biology of Play Grip and Grind Art as Play Contriving Uncertainty Interpreting Unpredictability

2 Imagination

The Faculty of Imagination From Hobby Horses to Picasso Make-Believe Theory in a Nutshell Suspension of Belief? Immersion and Agency Sympathy for the Colossus

3 Props

Sticks and Stumps Game Props Avatar and Doll Depictions Verbal Representations The Legacy of Dungeons & Dragons Props and Interfaces

4 Fictional Worlds

Strange New Worlds Principles of Fiction Does Fiction Depend upon Rules? Unofficial Games Functional Principles Personal Worlds

5 Participation

Quasi-emotions Darwin’s Snake Fear of Thoughts Fictionally Winning Representation vs. Gameplay

6 Ethics

Virtuous Players Gamer Virtues, Gamer Vices Ethical Communities Unethical Games Ethical Fiction Myth and Metaphor Resisting Fiction

7 Virtual Reality?

The Almost Magic Circle Imaginary Things Fact and Fiction Truth and Habit Imaginary Numbers Scientific Fictions Science as Megatext Playing the Nova

References Glossary

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