[^2]: My account is moderately aligned, in spirit, with those scholars who call themselves ludologists, who argue that games are a unique category and should be studied as such. For surveys of ludology, and of the debate between narratology…[^6]: It should be noted that the term winning here is slightly imprecise. There are many other sorts of states we can pursue in games. For example, one might have lost the opportunity to actually win in a particular chess match, but one ca…
Graeme Kirkpatrick
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Kirkpatrick appears only in passing as a reference in discussions of ludology and game studies methodology, likely representing scholarship on how games function as distinct systems rather than narrative experiences. His work would be relevant to understanding formal properties of games in the context of algorithmic and cybernetic thinking, where rule-based systems and goal states become legible as computational structures. Without direct engagement in these excerpts, his precise contribution to the seminar's framework remains unclear, though his presence suggests a concern with how games exemplify autonomous, machine-like logics.
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