About Jason Coley
Jason Coley is PhD student of Communication and Media at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His dissertation is a transmedia study that measures presence across devices like the Oculus Rift, Google Glass, and the Emergent Reality Lab in order to develop a new framework for designing content on head-mounted displays. This research also analyzes art and media history with regards to the immersion and presence experience on digital and pre-digital devices with particular attention to games.
In the first of this two-part article, I outlined my thoughts on how persistent time can provide a new paradigm for permadeath in video games. In games like DayZ Standalone (Bohemia Interactive, 2013) and Rust (Facepunch Studios, 2013), hazardous environments … Continue reading →
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I’m a big fan of DayZ YouTube videos. Although I’ve never played the game (not sure if I have the patience for it), these videos demonstrate the game’s outstanding faculty for emergent narratives: My chart toppers include vehicle ambushes and … Continue reading →
Posted in Criticism, Jason Coley
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Tagged altruism, building a house, construction, control multiple characters, crafting, Dayz, death, environment, Everquest Next, family, game, games, grow old and die, habitat, hazardous environment, history of player interaction, kinship, making a home, maslow’s hierarchy of needs, massively multiple online, mmo, permadeath, permanent, persistent time, progeny, rally around the family, Rust, scavenging, State of Decay, time, Video game
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