Gamification of life and the gaming society : the Ludic century / Fabian Arlt, Hans-Jürgen Arlt.
Arlt, Fabian, author.; Arlt, Hans-Jürgen, author.
2023
GV1469.34.S52 A78 2023
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Title
Gamification of life and the gaming society : the Ludic century / Fabian Arlt, Hans-Jürgen Arlt.
Author
Arlt, Fabian, author.
ISBN
9783031459078 electronic book
3031459075 electronic book
3031459067
9783031459061
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45907-8
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2023]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (128 p.).
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-031-45907-8 doi
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GV1469.34.S52 A78 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification
794.8
Summary
This interesting book discusses why, as an activity, topic and metaphor, play and game have become an integral part of modern life. Empirically exemplary and theoretically grounded, this book discusses the developments and expansions in gaming, from easily accessible casual games to the galaxy-spanning gaming worlds of Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs). It shows how gaming has become a focal point of the entertainment industry, marked by boundless professionalization and monetization, especially in the realm of sports, and how games become global platforms for social networks, where players from all over the world meet in digital sandboxes. The combination of the virtual and the ludic creates hyperreal spaces in which people try out new forms of interaction, cooperation, and even brainstorming. The authors ask if this behavior has become the new way of life and the new normal, and if this heralds the ludic century. They take readers on a journey to understand the dynamics of today's gaming society, and base their observations and analyses on an original theory of play, which, in contrast to social normalcy, revolves around the allure and threats of the unexpected. This book is of interest to students and researchers of social science and communication studies, especially those working on the interface of AI and society. This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation.
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Arlt, Hans-Jürgen, author.
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SpringerBriefs in education.
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Intro
Contents
Chapter 1: The Game in Real Life, Real Life in the Game: An Introduction
1.1 Rapid Expansion in Digital Times
1.2 Questions and Problems
1.3 The Aim of This Book
References
Chapter 2: The Peculiarity of the Game: Successful Handling of the Unexpected
2.1 The Ludic Boundary Is a Boundary of Meaning
2.2 Beyond the Usual Horizon of Expectation
2.3 Prerequisites of Playing
2.4 Ludic Actions as Festivals of Decision-Making
2.5 The Gaming Experience: Open to Any Drama
2.6 Variations and Close Relatives: Sport and Art

2.6.1 Cognition, Emotion, Morality
References
Chapter 3: The Computer as Game, Toy, and Player
3.1 The Foundation of Communication
3.1.1 No Communication Without Imagination
3.1.2 Reality of Signs, Fictionality of the Designated
3.1.3 Pictures Dont́ Lie
3.1.4 Ludic Communication Freedoms
3.1.5 Characteristics of the Message: Strategic, Factual, Entertaining
3.2 Development and Differentiation of Communication
3.2.1 Evolution of Distribution Media
3.3 Ludic Gala Thanks to Digital Media
3.3.1 The Great Advantage of Playing in Digital Times

3.4 On the Development Dynamics of Video Games
3.5 A Computer on Computer Games. Interview with ChatGPT
Glossary of Types of Video Games
References
Chapter 4: Instrumentalizations of the Game
4.1 Gambling and Competitive Gaming
4.1.1 Professionalization of E-Sports
4.1.2 Commercialization of Competitive Sports
4.2 Colonization: Itś the Economy
4.2.1 Reach and Appeal Values
4.3 Serious Games and Workification
4.3.1 Workification
4.4 Gamification: A (Too) Great Promise
References
Chapter 5: The Ludic Culture of Modern Life: The Ludic Century

5.1 Freedom, Equality, and Decidability
5.1.1 The Claim to Shape
5.1.2 Decision-Making Profiled
5.2 The Voluntary, the Unexpected, and the Non-committal of the Committed
5.2.1 Voluntary Temporary Participation
5.2.2 Dealing with the Unexpected
5.2.3 Non-binding Nature of the Binding
5.2.4 Bindings and Unbindings
5.3 Pretty Best Friends: The Digital and the Ludic
5.3.1 Fake News
5.3.2 Transformation Skills
5.3.3 Affective Non-commitment of Social Media
5.3.4 Network Character
5.4 Unbroken Power of the Factual: Gaming Needs Free Time

5.4.1 Autonomy, Not Autarky
References

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