Graeme Kirkpatrick

Kirkpatrick presents a clear thesis for why games are better understood in the terms of aesthetic art than in terms of narrative or culture, as a sort of play between the audience and object, and then dives in to a convincing comparison to dance and a critique of Bogost’s ideas to demonstrate this new model’s insights. Whether you enjoy “dancing with your hands” or design more broadly, assuming you can put up with the fairly dense academic style you’ll likely get something out of this.