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单词 ludology
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Definition of ludology in English:

ludology

noun luːˈdɒlədʒilo͞oˈdäləjē
mass noun
  • The study of games and gaming, especially video games.

    ludology, like the games it studies, is not about story and discourse at all but about actions and events
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I see ludology as a tool, not an ideal.
    • In his dissertation he focuses on the effects of videogame play, attempting to incorporate the insights provided by ludology within the frameworks used by sociological and psychological researchers.
    • In video game circles, the big debate these days is about whether video games are driven by narrative or by play-style - narrativology vs. ludology.
    • I like how ludology can be applied to other areas of human behavior to make them more entertaining.
    • Ludology isn't helpful because it overemphasises just one aspect of videogames.
    • As story and game-play fold together, ludology can be seen as providing a set of comprehensible rules for dramatic interplay based on user choices.
    • For all of you interested in ludology, try to get hold of "Power Up - How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life".
    • The field of ludology has become more of a focus for media theorists recently.
    • She currently resides in Chicago as a junior in college, studying ludology.
    • The timeline begins in 4000 B.C. and goes up to 1999 - and includes a zillion swooping arrows showing how ludology developed.

Derivatives

  • ludologist

  • noun
    • Ludologists and the extremely anal-retentive will be relieved to find that errors in the 1987 diagrams have been corrected.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • There is an ongoing battle between two videogame factions: the ludologists, who believe that game mechanics are everything, and the narratologists, who argue for the importance of story.
      • Ludologists allegedly argue that games should be understood from the standpoint of "play" and narratologists allegedly argue that games should be studied for their narrative content.
      • The ludologists see this technique as anathematic to the gameplay experience; narratologists say it adds depth and direction.
      • It also makes me wonder whether the hardcore 'ludologists' who believe video games aren't or shouldn't be a storytelling medium at all, might be on to something.

Origin

1960s: from Latin ludere ‘to play’ + -logy.

 
 

Definition of ludology in US English:

ludology

nounlo͞oˈdäləjē
  • The study of games and gaming, especially video games.

    ludology, like the games it studies, is not about story and discourse at all but about actions and events
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I like how ludology can be applied to other areas of human behavior to make them more entertaining.
    • In his dissertation he focuses on the effects of videogame play, attempting to incorporate the insights provided by ludology within the frameworks used by sociological and psychological researchers.
    • Ludology isn't helpful because it overemphasises just one aspect of videogames.
    • I see ludology as a tool, not an ideal.
    • In video game circles, the big debate these days is about whether video games are driven by narrative or by play-style - narrativology vs. ludology.
    • She currently resides in Chicago as a junior in college, studying ludology.
    • The field of ludology has become more of a focus for media theorists recently.
    • For all of you interested in ludology, try to get hold of "Power Up - How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life".
    • As story and game-play fold together, ludology can be seen as providing a set of comprehensible rules for dramatic interplay based on user choices.
    • The timeline begins in 4000 B.C. and goes up to 1999 - and includes a zillion swooping arrows showing how ludology developed.

Origin

1960s: from Latin ludere ‘to play’ + -logy.

 
 
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