[p2p-research] needed: definition of pervasive gaming

Tere Vaden Tere.Vaden at uta.fi
Thu May 7 10:43:12 CEST 2009


My colleagues in the GameLab suggest these:


Montola, Markus (2005): Exploring the Edge of the Magic Circle.  
Defining Pervasive Games. DAC 2005 conference, December 1.-3. IT  
University of Copenhagen.
http://users.tkk.fi/mmontola/exploringtheedge.pdf

Montola, M., Waern, A. & Nieuwdorp, E. (2006): The Domain of Pervasive  
Gaming. IPerG Deliverable D5.3B.
http://iperg.sics.se/Deliverables/D5.3b-Domain-of-Pervasive-Gaming.pdf

Lainaus Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>:

> I'd appreciate any intro sources you may have come across ...
>
> Michel
>
> On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 9:34 AM, marc fawzi <marc.fawzi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I started working on this 3 years ago:
>>
>> Life as a game
>>
>> Work as a game
>>
>> Relationship as a game
>>
>> Learning as a game
>>
>> Politics as a game
>>
>> Cooperation and cometition as a game
>> In other words, by viewing every realm as a game we have pervasive
>> gaming as a way to motivate us through keeping score to achieve higher
>> performance.
>>
>> I stopped working on that because I saw the ridiculousness of it. But
>> it can be extremely successful, just as Facebook is proving that
>> friendship as a game works. Except they are smart by not using a
>> numerical scoring system but a subjective one where people get to
>> judge performance not computers.
>>
>> Marc
>>
>> On 5/6/09, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Dear friends,
>> >
>> > I can't readily find a definition for pervasive gaming, thanks for
>> helping
>> > out,
>> >
>> > Michel
>> >
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>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Marc Fawzi
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>>
>
>
>
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