On the phenomenology of computer game play (as) performance
Jun 16, 2024
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LEINO, O. T. (2024, June). On the phenomenology of computer game play (as) performance. In Global Dialogues in Game Studies.
Based on the premise that both stage performances and video games are "framed events"—vehicles of self-expression intended for an audience to observe—Lian Aili (Olli Leino) proposes adopting performance theory to examine game mechanics. He elaborates a phenomenology of games as performance across three dimensions: games as an existential reality, players as hybrid human-technological entities, and spectators, who maintain a projective relationship with the former two elements.
(Original: 連藹理基於舞臺表演和計算機遊戲皆為“被框定之事”（a framed event）、供他人觀看的自我表達工具，提出用表演概念來探討遊戲玩法。他從作為存在現實的遊戲、作為人類/科技混合存在的玩家，以及與前兩者存在投射關係的觀眾三個維度，闡釋了作為表演的遊戲現象論。)