Esoteric Gaming

Extraordinary Feats of Player Practice (in Pursuit of the Perfect Game)

bards tale

Figure 1: Bard’s Tale screenshot showing the exploration panel, text description panel, list of characters, and basic statistics

used under Fair Dealings exceptions for academic use from http://www.gamersglobal.de/screens/61661

mcdanger

Mark Chen is an independent games researcher and designer and part-time professor of games and learning, qualitative research, and games studies. He is also the director of Pepperdine University’s Gameful Design Lab where he promotes social change, activism, and personal agency through the development of expertise in gaming practice and game design. He earned a PhD in Learning Sciences/Educational Technology from the University of Washington and a BA in Studio Art from Reed College. In a previous life, Mark was a webmaster and game designer for the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. Mark wants a die-cast 1st generation Soundwave for Christmas. You can read more about Mark on his blog at http://markdangerchen.net and reach him @mcdanger

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