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Joris Dormans delves into the subject of Iconic and Indexical simulations and re-opens the debate of if ‘realistic’ games are actually trying to be realistic and more importantly if they should be or not. Overall covering a huge discussion on how we approach game design and how we, at the expense of emergence and progressive gameplay cling on to tried and true methods from more established mediums.
Title: “Beyond Iconic Simulation‘ – Original Article
Written by: Joris Dormans (www.jorisdormans.nl)
Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on December 18th, 2008
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