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FYI my current take (that I've mused on for quite a while but have now co-written (with Melissa DeZwart) a paper on) is that Virtual Worlds are for (increasingly) many legal purposes akin to sports. In a peculiar twist next I'm going to try to apply this to Human Rights law.
Commented Oct 8, 2010 on Virtual Justice at Terra Nova
Virtual Justice
Update 11/2/10: So as promised, here's the book: http://bit.ly/virtualjustice That link points to a 2.5 MB PDF that is licensed as Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial. I'm hoping to get a cleaner copy at some point soon--if I do, it will be posted at the same location. I got a MUCH...
I have an aesthetics paper I was trying to get done before the upcoming US Supreme Court case where I argue that there is an aesthetic of game play (a ludosethic if you will) that meets the key philosophical criteria- thus under a functional theory of art at least some games qualify as art (there's also the Institutional notion of art but wether games are art under this really is a matter simple facts about their settings and reception - but I find this excruciatingly dull as a theory).
The notion about seems to be rooted in modernist theories of aesthetics which I'm not sure are current in philosophy but I might dip my toe in.
Commented Oct 8, 2010 on Shocking, Interesting, True. at Terra Nova
Shocking, Interesting, True.
The other day, a reporter asked me whether video games are art, and thus the waves of Roger Ebert's lately weakly retracted opinion to the contrary crash lap upon our shores. If Roger Ebert can offer a strong opinion just for the heck of it, so can we! So let's dive in. Here's my take: Good ar...
The 'celeb' world idea did the rounds a few years back. I'm sure there was a VW 'experience' by Eno or something.
Doing a quick search I came across this: Bowie World: http://www-static.us.worlds.net/cgi-bin/download.cgi?action=full&bundle=BowieNMCurrentVer
I'm sure there are many more, given how cheap it is to roll our own world (sounds a bit katamari damacy) one would think there would be many of these.
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Commented Oct 8, 2010 on Step into my Neverland at Terra Nova
Step into my Neverland
On IGN, an announcement for the Michael Jackson MMO we've all been waiting for: Planet Michael. The announcer 'couldn't stop laughing'. No violence. You win using 'the power of dance'. Using your keyboard, not your actual body. Free to play. Virtual items will be available for 'real-world cu...
this is teh awsome
Commented Oct 8, 2010 on Re-rolling Terra Nova at Terra Nova
Re-rolling Terra Nova
I have recently taken over shipwright duties (with greglas' help), re-skinned TN, and added some social media bling. You should expect to see some more changes in the next day or two. Perhaps more widgets (like a library, links to papers, conference calendar, etc. etc. etc.) As TN lives on ...
I shall order asap.
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Commented Oct 8, 2010 on Virtual Justice at Terra Nova
Virtual Justice
Update 11/2/10: So as promised, here's the book: http://bit.ly/virtualjustice That link points to a 2.5 MB PDF that is licensed as Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial. I'm hoping to get a cleaner copy at some point soon--if I do, it will be posted at the same location. I got a MUCH...
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