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Computers as Theatre, Second Edition

by Brenda Laurel

September 2013

Intermediate to advanced

272 pages

7h 59m

English

Addison-Wesley Professional

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The Computer’s a StageSimple Rules, Emergent Outcomes
The InterfaceThrow the Baggage OutTheatre: More than an Interface Metaphor

Hoary PoeticsThe Four Causes, or Why Things Are the Way They AreThe Six Elements and Causal Relations among Them
Whole ActionsDramatic Potential: The “Flying Wedge”Dramatic Anatomy
Human-Computer Interaction as Mediated CollaborationConstraintsEngagement: The First-Person Imperative
Computer as MediumInterface Metaphors: Powers and LimitationsThe Primacy of ActionDesigning Character and ThoughtUnderstanding Audiences
Methods and MediaExtending the Geometry of Dramatic InteractionDesign for EmergenceDesign for the Good

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