[p2p-research] needed: definition of pervasive gaming

Thu May 7 14:23:39 CEST 2009

hi marc

i wonder if the distinction is so strong.

you're probably referring to jane mcgonigal, & i think the trajectory
of her work/writing overlaps with issues considered on this list.

mcgonigal's World Without Oil was an interesting exercise in
participative futurism
(http://www.boingboing.net/2007/05/03/play-jane-mcgonigals.html).

in other presentations i've seen she's proposed the ARG gaming model
as a paradigm for participative scientific research and the subject of
her papers is wide-ranging (i wish i had time to read some of them!):
http://www.avantgame.com/writings.htm

best

dan

p.s.  charlie leadbeater quoted I Love Bees
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Love_Bees) as a provocative example in
his paper on 'Social software for social change'
(http://www.charlesleadbeater.net/cms/xstandard/social_software.pdf),
a subject close to my heart :)

2009/5/7 marc fawzi <marc.fawzi at gmail.com>:
> Then he (the author) is talking about something totally different than
> what I supplied you with
>
> He's talking about the very popular street games, played over SMS and
> sometimes using GPS ... There is a lady in SF that organizes such
> crowd games (in wide open physical spaces, like in a section of the
> city) and her games are very popular.
>
> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 8:12 PM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Sam,
>>
>> not sure what your question is exactly referring to, but while creating this
>> entry,
>>
>> see http://p2pfoundation.net/Ungeeking
>>
>> where the original author refers to pervasive gaming ... and I could not
>> find any definition through google ...
>>
>> see below in the following text:
>>
>> = "Ungeeking is what happens when behaviours developed online make their way
>> into areas of our lives independent of the technology through which we
>> learnt them." [1]
>>
>> Contents
>>
>> [hide]
>>
>> 1 Description
>> 2 Examples
>>
>> 2.1 Barcamp
>> 2.2 Pervasive Gaming
>>
>> [edit] Description
>>
>> Rohan Gunatillake:
>>
>> "There are two chief aspects to what I call ungeeking. The first is
>> relatively straightforward, namely the widespread adoption of trends and
>> tools, which previously have been the domain of the more digitally literate
>> few.
>>
>> That which starts at the edge is assimilated into the mainstream and, as
>> such, the value is amplified manifold, the most obvious example of this
>> being the development of Facebook as an American university-only tool to a
>> platform with enormous global penetration.
>>
>> And just as I rolled my teenage eyes when Radiohead became the biggest band
>> in the UK and lost the in-crowd cachet I so valued at the time, early
>> adopters of technology always grumble when their precious services become
>> commonplace by people who just don't get it - see the 2009 growth of Twitter
>> in the UK.
>>
>> However it is incredibly important that valuable services are given the
>> opportunity to be even more so through mass usage - especially if the value
>> is related to the network. And in any case, there is always another cool
>> band.
>>
>> The second aspect of ungeeking is, however, far more interesting if a little
>> more subtle. What I am most excited about is how our digital lives are
>> encouraging us and training us in behaviours that naturally leak into our
>> wider lives, online or offline."
>> (http://www.nesta.org.uk/ungeeking-the-web/)
>>
>> [edit] Examples
>>
>> From http://www.nesta.org.uk/ungeeking-the-web/:
>>
>> [edit] Barcamp
>>
>> "Barcamp is a conference format where the participants dictate what sessions
>> are held, with every attendee expected to actively participate in some way.
>>
>> As an event in itself it's as lo-tech as you can get: arrive in the morning
>> to a big piece of paper outlining the meeting rooms and timeslots, then
>> people use Post-it notes to fill in the grid with the topic they want to
>> host a session around and lo and behold, you have a full self-organising
>> conference format.
>>
>> But Barcamp has its origin in Palo Alto - the hi-tech capital of the known
>> universe. I don't think this is a coincidence.
>>
>> My hypothesis is that via a deep literacy of open source software models and
>> Web 2.0 principles, the people that started Barcamp have sufficient training
>> in participation, self-organisation and information-gathering based on
>> passion and curiosity that Barcamp is a web-enabled experience made flesh.
>>
>> I'll go further still and say that the whole phenomenon of so-called
>> 'unconference' (participant-led formats) is a direct result of the social
>> web. It's the social web ungeeked into events."
>>
>> [edit] Pervasive Gaming
>>
>> "Pervasive gaming takes a different angle by using recognisable mechanics
>> and techniques from computer games and moving them into physical spaces -
>> with the results often being radically immersive experiences where you begin
>> to relate to the people and space around you in new ways.
>>
>> So just as the growth in social media is helping us relearn the art of
>> conversation, pervasive gaming is helping us relearn sociability and
>> engagement with public spaces."
>>
>> On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Where did you come across this at, Michel?
>>>
>>> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 10:11 PM, 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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