A conversation on the efficacies of the game engine to address notions of sacred space: The digital songlines project and transgressions of sacredness

Crogan, Patrick; Wyeld, Theodor; Leavy, Brett

All Outputs (4)

Real lives 2004: The devil you know (2008)
Journal Article
Crogan, P. (2008). Real lives 2004: The devil you know

This paper discusses the educational game software, Real Lives 2004 (Educational Simulations, 2004) as a means of raising and reflecting on the relations between simulational practices and statistics. These relations animate many modes of the framing... Read More about Real lives 2004: The devil you know.

Targeting, television and networking: An interview with Samuel Weber (2008)
Journal Article
Crogan, P., & Weber, S. (2008). Targeting, television and networking: An interview with Samuel Weber. Convergence, 14(4), 375-385. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354856508094658

In this interview, Samuel Weber discusses two recent books that explore issues of contemporary media and politics, Targets of Opportunity and Theatricality as Medium. Targeting is identified as a modality of conceiving the world that is as old as wes... Read More about Targeting, television and networking: An interview with Samuel Weber.

Wargaming and computer games: Fun with the future (2008)
Book Chapter
Crogan, P. (2008). Wargaming and computer games: Fun with the future. In M. Swalwell, & J. Wilson (Eds.), The Pleasures of Computer Gaming: Essays on Cultural History, Theory and Aesthetics (147-166). North Carolina: McFarland and Company

An essay exploring the historical influence of wargaming on contemporary computer gaming and the philosophical implications of this.

A conversation on the efficacies of the game engine to address notions of sacred space: The digital songlines project and transgressions of sacredness (2008)
Book Chapter
Crogan, P., Wyeld, T., & Leavy, B. (2008). A conversation on the efficacies of the game engine to address notions of sacred space: The digital songlines project and transgressions of sacredness. In T. G. Wyeld, S. Kenderdine, & M. Docherty (Eds.), Virtual Systems and Multimedia: 13th International Conference, VSMM 2007, Brisbane Australia, September 23-26 2007, Revised Selected Papers (24-34). Berlin: Springer

A conference paper exploring issues arising from the experimental use of a videogame engine in an Aboriginal cultural heritage preservation project.