Response to readings.
Folded Space: How Computer Games Rework Our Ideas of the Maze.
This article interested me because of its comparison of old fashioned hedge mazes to Pac-man. this has also got me thinking of how I would go about “restricting movement, yet making the space appear larger” for this assignment and future video game assignments.
Technologies of Location: Affect of Place in Artistic Uses of Mobile and Social Networks
In this article i realised how under utilised our urban environment and what potential they have. An example of this is when Tapio Mäkelä talks about the GPS Drawing Project that is a amazing idea. Another thing that struck me is making a GPS game is not just about the game-play and scenario it s also a social experience.
I found this aricle spoke very clearly that maping and navigation were just as important as game-play and scenario. also i found that the way that not many people used the media function on the phones.