Computers Run on Metaphors

Computers are built to run on metaphoric relations taken from earlier forms of technology and human experience not related to computers. An obvious example is the concept of a file, stored in a folder. That is, of course, a metaphor taken from earlier forms of organizing information in filing cabinets, when information was stored on sheets of paper instead of bits on a hard drive. ...

November 9, 2013 · 5 min · 905 words · Jonne Arjoranta

Understanding Player Interpretation: An Embodied Approach

Here is a slightly edited version of the talk I gave at the Philosophy of Computer Games 2013. ...

October 3, 2013 · 10 min · 2001 words · Jonne Arjoranta