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Title:
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BEYOND ICONIC SIMULATION |
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Author(s):
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Joris Dormans |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-63-8 |
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Editors:
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Yingcai Xiao and Eleonore ten Thij |
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Year:
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2008 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Game Design, Realism, Simulation, Semiotics, Expressiveness |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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51 |
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Last Page:
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58 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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Realism remains a prominent topic in game design and industry research. Yet there is a strong academic case that games
are anything but realistic. This paper frames realism in games in semiotic terms as iconic simulation, and argues that
games can gain expressiveness when they move beyond the current focus on iconicity. In parallel to natural language,
indexical and symbolic simulation and especially the clever configuration of indexical and symbolic simulative rules are
proposed as an important framework through which the communicative and expressive power of games can be
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