Time and computer games or "no, that's not what happened" Export

@inproceedings{hitchens_time_2006, abstract = {Time in computer games is not singular. Time in the game world may progress at a different rate to the real world time of the player. Game time may be non-linear, as previous saved games or checkpoints are reloaded. This paper presents a model aimed at understanding time in relation to the play of computer games. Various ways of looking at time in computer games are presented, including from the point of view of the player, game progress and chronological game world time. Both linear and non-linear representations of time are included in the model, as is the mapping between the views.}, address = {Perth, Australia}, author = {Hitchens, Michael}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 3rd Australasian conference on Interactive entertainment}, citeulike-article-id = {4036479}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1231894.1231902&coll=ACM&dl=ACM&CFID=14827401&CFTOKEN=24012653}, keywords = {time, ux, video-games}, pages = {44--51}, posted-at = {2009-02-11 19:46:35}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Murdoch University}, title = {Time and computer games or "no, that's not what happened"}, url = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1231894.1231902&coll=ACM&dl=ACM&CFID=14827401&CFTOKEN=24012653}, year = {2006} }

TY - CONF ID - hitchens_time_2006 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4036479 N2 - Time in computer games is not singular. Time in the game world may progress at a different rate to the real world time of the player. Game time may be non-linear, as previous saved games or checkpoints are reloaded. This paper presents a model aimed at understanding time in relation to the play of computer games. Various ways of looking at time in computer games are presented, including from the point of view of the player, game progress and chronological game world time. Both linear and non-linear representations of time are included in the model, as is the mapping between the views. AD - Perth, Australia EP - 51 TI - Time and computer games or "no, that's not what happened" PB - Murdoch University T2 - Proceedings of the 3rd Australasian conference on Interactive entertainment SP - 44 KW - time KW - ux KW - video-games AU - Hitchens, Michael PY - 2006/// UR - http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1231894.1231902&coll=ACM&dl=ACM&CFID=14827401&CFTOKEN=24012653 ER -