To start my rant with a wise quote - freshman style:
"It's true enough that Shakespeare was the MTV of his day (...) but that doesn't necessarily mean the reverse is also true." - Steven Johnson, Interface Culture
No doubt that gaming is a hot field both for cultural sciences and literary theory, but despite the fact that it has moved into the spotlight of mainstream science rather recently (with MIT hosted conferences etc) quite a few people have been working in this field for quite a while - Brenda Laurel, Espen Aarseth, Ted Friedman, just to name a few.
It borders on grave ignorance to post an article on this issue that is but a mediocre plug for a single 3yr-old, much hyped book and an average gaming site. I can only recommend doing some journalistic homework before proclaiming the re-invention of culture as we know it in full-mouthed wired-style. Considering the rich scientific discourse on this subject and the wealth of interesting contributions from the gaming community, such as gamasutra or EDGE magazine, this could mean quite a bit of catching up for Jon Katz.
And to get back to the starting quote: Nicht alles was hinkt ist ein Vergleich. Please drop that "next Shakespeare" polemic! This is neither a good comparison or metaphor, nor does it touch the core of the subject in any way, even - actually especially - if it happens to be the transformation of literary culture!
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thought that was obvious....
yeah well, too bad the Arcade market is drowning then...
You're right about the inertia though - you have to watch your speed carefully, or else...
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It borders on grave ignorance to post an article on this issue that is but a mediocre plug for a single 3yr-old, much hyped book and an average gaming site. I can only recommend doing some journalistic homework before proclaiming the re-invention of culture as we know it in full-mouthed wired-style. Considering the rich scientific discourse on this subject and the wealth of interesting contributions from the gaming community, such as gamasutra or EDGE magazine, this could mean quite a bit of catching up for Jon Katz.
And to get back to the starting quote: Nicht alles was hinkt ist ein Vergleich. Please drop that "next Shakespeare" polemic! This is neither a good comparison or metaphor, nor does it touch the core of the subject in any way, even - actually especially - if it happens to be the transformation of literary culture!