February 10, 2005
A Situationist Critique of Computer Games
Author of Computers as Theatre, Brenda Laurel weighs in with a critique of the trends in video games from a Situationist perspective. It ought to resonate deeply with those of us frustrated with the sort of cultural engagement that is typical in todays games. Laurel challenges us as game designers to use the powerful medium of interactive entertainment to challenge the Spectacle rather than submit to it and support it. Detournemont gaming!!!
Piercing the Spectacle: A Situationist Critique of Computer Games
Interesting to note that this essay will be published in the forthcoming Rules of Play Reader on MIT Press.
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