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{ }Collapsing Action;or, games of life and death
Interactive Entertainment 2013
Robbie FordyceSchool of Culture and CommunicationUniversity of Melbourne
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Fallout 3VideogameBethesda
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Terminal
• Two forms of inertness:
• Attrition– Tends towards an absence of interactable
objects
• Order– Everything has been ‘organised’.
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MinecraftVideogameMojang Studios
Modified with a map editor to remove all landscape features
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MagnasantiSim City 3000 gameworldVincent Ocasala
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Dwarf FortressBay 12 GamesFortress by Luke van Ryn
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Civilization V - Scientific VictoryVideogameFiraxis Games
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Dwarf FortressVideogameBay 12 Games