Stenros, Jaakko
Montola, Markus

Chapter 3 in Montola, M et al ~ Pervasive Games

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Roots of PG:

• Play in Public Space (54): Campus Culture (55)
• Play in Everyday Life (56)
• Roots in Literature and Arts (58): Performing Arts (59), Ludic Literature (61)
• Gamer Cultures (62): Role-Playing Games (64), Persistent Virtual Worlds (65)
• The Migration of Influences (66)

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“Although their influence is felt most clearly in pervasive larps, role-playing games have influenced pervasive games in general. The structure of role-playing games, a complete fictional world set up and administrated by game masters and populated by characters played by players, is today common in many games.”

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“It is as if pervasive games are part of a larger cultural shift, questioning the concepts such as “real” and “fiction.””

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Their explanation why and how cultural and technological factors influence each other. This is why this interaction is one of the bases of their research.