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asphalt-games game as exploratory research Street Talk July 16, 2004 Michele Chang People & Practices Research, Intel Research ASPHALT GAMES about me Interaction Design Researcher People & Practices Research Group, Intel Research Interactive Telecommunications Program, NYU
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asphalt-games game as exploratory research Street Talk July 16, 2004 Michele Chang People & Practices Research, Intel Research
ASPHALT GAMES about me • Interaction Design Researcher • People & Practices Research Group, Intel Research • Interactive Telecommunications Program, NYU • Community Arts & Development, NYC • Municipal Art Society • City Lore
ASPHALT GAMES the streets
ASPHALT GAMES heads down computing
ASPHALT GAMES looking up
ASPHALT GAMES traces
ASPHALT GAMES performance
ASPHALT GAMES challenge
ASPHALT GAMES expression
ASPHALT GAMES exploration
ASPHALT GAMES technology
ASPHALT GAMES digital street game Michele Chang & Liz Goodman Hybrid Street Game as Research Probe • Implications of mixing on and off-line communities in an increasingly connected world. • Reworking notions of conventional mapping to include social dynamics. • Investigating issues of identity in relation to place. • Exploring player commitment to location-based play. • Capturing the richness and riskiness of the physical world in game design. launch
ASPHALT GAMES stunts HOT DOG + STICKBALL + BLACKOUT
ASPHALT GAMES stunts PIGEON + CHARADES + DOWNTOWN
ASPHALT GAMES stunts HIGH HEELS + TRUTH OR DARE + BLACKOUT
ASPHALT GAMES what’s happening? Commitment to Play Hurdles social__I just don’t have anybody to play with, which makes it no fun. -flo time __I'd like to get involved if it's not too time-consuming. - meredith distractions __ Want to go see Dodgeball? - taddrick performance anxiety __ We need more time to think it through. - donafide Incentives games within the game__We’re taking over the L line, braw-haw-haw! -PiQued turf__I consider that a part of where I live. - dface show and tell__I really want to get “pigeon” in my stunt. – snooxey002
ASPHALT GAMES what’s happening? Emerging Themes • Individual vs. Contributors I feel really uncomfortable putting my name on the map. I don’t see it as myself, alone, but more of a collaborative effort. - nikita • Social TiesThe first thing I want to know, how do I create my posse?- donafide • Macro vs. Micro I want to be able to see who else is playing! – maverick • Playing vs. Posing In it for the experience – not the game – dface
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