Street TalkJuly 16, 2004

game as exploratory research

asphalt-games

Michele ChangPeople & Practices Research, Intel Research

about me

• Interaction Design Researcher

• People & Practices Research Group, Intel Research

• Interactive Telecommunications Program, NYU

• Community Arts & Development, NYC • Municipal Art Society• City Lore

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the streets

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heads down computing

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looking up

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traces

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performance

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challenge

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expression

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exploration

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technology

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digital street game

launch

Michele Chang & Liz GoodmanHybrid 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.

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stunts

HOT DOG + STICKBALL + BLACKOUT

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stunts

PIGEON + CHARADES + DOWNTOWN

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stunts

HIGH HEELS + TRUTH OR DARE + BLACKOUT

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what’s happening?

Hurdlessocial__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

Incentivesgames 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

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Commitment to Play

what’s happening?

• 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. MicroI 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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Emerging Themes

keep watching

http://www.asphalt-games.net

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