[NLab Games Seminar]

With the NLab Workshop Day approaching (June 23) and the final NLab Seminar on Tourism and Heritage coming up (June 29), I thought I'd post some images from last month's NLab seminar on Gaming and Narrative. The last seminar, I think, was the best so far. The group has become cohesive and the afternoon workshop which involved writing a story without using any words was a great team effort and fun way to end the day. Our keynote speaker, Ernest Adams, raised some interesting points regarding story experience and gameplay experience. It was reminiscent of Mary Laure Ryan's earlier critique that narrative comes at the expense of immersion. Ernest suggests the "new wave" of games will combine the immersive qualities of gaming with stronger narratives. (the image on granularity is from his ppt presentation).

In the afternoon we were treated to workshop which involved writing a story without using any words was a great team effort and fun way to end the day. In our group we had numerous discussions as to the meaning of each image, this reminded me of the subjectivity involved in any "reading" experience and has made me re-examine the role of images in certain web fictions I'm researching.