[arg_discuss] Academic Research format for Whitepaper

[Christy Dena]

OK! The whitepaper doesn't count as an academic publication, so infact it
doesn't matter what it looks like as long as it represents the research
correctly. My aims in the Academia section are two-fold: 

* Expose academic research into ARGs to other academics, industry and
designers;
* To provide insights and findings to assist developers;

So, I guess the style of the delivery doesn't matter. But the problem is not
all of the research is publicly available. Because the area is so young (in
research), there are not many publications, and many were in-formation at
the time. Also, many of the publications or conference presentations were
not available to the general public. So, I tried to make the section
self-contained in that sense, providing quotes and a bit more
information...so it is a publication in itself. 

Also, another difference is that there really wasn't that much research
around at the time (that I could find) that dealt directly with ARGs. So,
there was more information to be gained from covering a few papers and
insights per person rather than one paper per person. 

I think possibly a tiered approach is in order. :) A quick snapshot ARG
Studies Download ppt; a further description on the wiki or website or on the
respective researcher websites and also a link to the actual paper or
article if that is available...


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Does this format work as well for academics?

Because it definitely works better for non-academics. I'm sure you want to
cover both bases, but the "Game Studies Download" has been very popular at
GDC. Speaking as a non-academic myself, having this kind of summary plus a
link to the paper in question would be very helpful.

Wendy Despain
quantumcontent.com




> I was thinking, in light of the successful approach by Ian Bogost and Jane

> McGonigal @ GDC with their Game Studies Download, I'm thinking that this

> approach would work better. For those not aware of what they do, they

> provide a quick sample of the top findings of game studies, as skewed

> towards developers. A summary of this years presentation is here at Raph

> Kosters' site:

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> http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/03/09/gdc-07-game-studies-download/

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> And the actual presentation is here:

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> http://www.avantgame.com/top10.htm

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> I think this model may work better. Any thoughts?

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> Best,

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> Christy

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