LABYRINTHS & LECTURERS

Jameson Hogan

“A video game is a cultural

object, bound by history

and materiality . . . ”

--Alexander Galloway

Wargaming

Tabletop Gaming

Live-Action Gaming

Card Games

Controversies

Material Worlds

Popularity

Year Appx.

2009 27,900

2010 30,046

2011 36,733

2012 41,000

Video Games

"machine actions are acts performed by the software and hardware

of the game computer, while operator actions are acts performed

by players.“ --Alexander Galloway

War/Card Games

In lieu of a computer system, traditional games relied on a shared

or documented set of rules and procedures by which play was

conducted and resolved.

“Hobby” Games

D&D and its successors make use of a human mediator (Dungeon

Master, Game Master, Storyteller, etc), who uses and interprets the

rules and results of player actions.