“The ludology v narratology argument argument can never be resolved because one group of people is defining both sides of it. The ‘ludologists’ are debating a phantom of their own creation.
“It is time to reframe the conversation. At some point in all of these debates, these two commonsensical facts are usually acknowledged: games are not a subset of stories; objects exist that have qualities of both games and stories. With students flooding our graduate and undergraduate programs around the world, they should no longer be confused by the appearance of an either/or choice between games and stories, or distracted by an unproductively sectarian discourse. It is time to recognize the difference between the useful formalist methodology and the distractingly prescriptive ideology of game essentialism.” – excerpt
#GameStudies101 selection:
“The Last Word On Ludology vs Narratology” by Janet Murray @JanetMurrayhttp://t.co/TApUGEim4W#gamestudies101
— Game Studies 101 (@gamestudies101) March 23, 2015
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