http://tigsource.com/articles/2007/05/15/gem-theory en-us 40 <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tigsource/500114641/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/189/500114641_05a0fd74ff.jpg" width="250" height="188" hspace="10" vspace="5" align="right" alt="ZOMG GEMZ!!!" /></a></p> <p>Jesper Juul, video game academic and self-proclaimed &#8220;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludology">ludologist</a>&#8221;, has written an article titled &#8220;<a href="http://www.jesperjuul.net/text/swapadjacent/">Swap Adjacent Gems to Make Sets of Three: A History of Matching Tile Games</a>.&#8221;</p> <p>I&#8217;m actually really fascinated by game studies. Actually, it&#8217;s more like I&#8217;m alternately fascinated and repulsed by game studies. It&#8217;s very interesting and there are real positive, tangible effects to analyzing games from an academic perspective. On the other hand, a lot of it is absolute baloney!</p> <p>(Source: <a href="http://www.gamesetwatch.com">GameSetWatch</a>)</p> Tue, 15 May 2007 16:35:00 +0000 urn:uuid:bfa79c3f-f1a4-4655-a492-cc7f0700d4c7 Derek Yu http://tigsource.com/articles/2007/05/15/gem-theory Social Impact Community Casual Developers