Comments on: Decrypting a Digital Unconscious http://www.whatknows.com/blog/2008/06/19/decrypting-a-digital-unconscious/ jed brubaker's blog Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:04:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Jed http://www.whatknows.com/blog/2008/06/19/decrypting-a-digital-unconscious/comment-page-1/#comment-7910 Jed Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:21:24 +0000 http://www.whatknows.com/blog/?p=147#comment-7910 That is a compelling question. I cannot pretend to be an expert on gaming (although I know a couple, and should probably ask them for their thoughts), but I suspect one could argue that digital gaming has a much different history than "real life" games. Digital gaming has an isolated and non-interpersonal past, where real world games are dominated by interpersonal interaction. But you are the social gaming expert. What do you think the problem is with digitally-based social games? Why is Mob Wars on Facebook so different than Football? That is a compelling question. I cannot pretend to be an expert on gaming (although I know a couple, and should probably ask them for their thoughts), but I suspect one could argue that digital gaming has a much different history than “real life” games. Digital gaming has an isolated and non-interpersonal past, where real world games are dominated by interpersonal interaction.

But you are the social gaming expert. What do you think the problem is with digitally-based social games? Why is Mob Wars on Facebook so different than Football?

]]> By: brett harris http://www.whatknows.com/blog/2008/06/19/decrypting-a-digital-unconscious/comment-page-1/#comment-7909 brett harris Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:32:19 +0000 http://www.whatknows.com/blog/?p=147#comment-7909 I find your distinction of two groups, those flocking towards anonymity via online gaming and those fleeing it via facebook, interesting. In life, people generally solidify social interactions by engaging with other people and performing together. We use games in real life to spread our identities. Digitally, though, gaming has had a connotation of introvertedness and a means of disengaging from society. I wonder if, as the definition between those two groups blurs, if digital society will redefine digital gaming's place in social development. I find your distinction of two groups, those flocking towards anonymity via online gaming and those fleeing it via facebook, interesting. In life, people generally solidify social interactions by engaging with other people and performing together. We use games in real life to spread our identities.

Digitally, though, gaming has had a connotation of introvertedness and a means of disengaging from society.

I wonder if, as the definition between those two groups blurs, if digital society will redefine digital gaming’s place in social development.

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