玩大流行

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE NOTES Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI:10.1215/00138282-10293118

Andrew Gilbert

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摘要：本文从新冠肺炎全球大流行的角度分析了2007年的棋盘游戏大流行。本文探讨了大流行病的现实与新冠肺炎的戏剧之间的联系。为了做到这一点，它使用了伊恩·波哥大对系统（真实的和想象的）的解释，邀请了现实和游戏模拟的辩证法。在一个主题变得真实的游戏中，这些系统的交互突出了游戏研究的一个主要原则——现实和游戏之间的边界是薄的、模糊的和移动的，如果它们存在的话。游戏，在模拟真实的过程中，是模仿的，反过来，现实也变得游戏化了。本文考察了棋盘游戏，并强调了其机制，包括合作和风险缓解。它还探讨了在这种游戏中，游戏和现实是如何模糊边界的，邀请人们进一步研究模拟游戏和现实幻想的后果。

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Playing Pandemics

Abstract:This essay analyzes the 2007 board game Pandemic in light of the COVID-19 global pandemic. The essay explores the connections between the reality of Pandemic and the play of COVID-19. To do this, it uses Ian Bogost's interpretation of systems (both real and imagined) to invite a dialectic of reality and game simulation. The interaction of such systems, in a game whose theme became real, highlights a major tenet of game studies—the borders between reality and games are thin, blurred, and mobile, if they exist at all. Games, in their simulation of the real, are mimetic, and, in turn, reality has become gamified. The essay examines the board game and highlights its mechanics, which include cooperation and mitigation of risk. It also explores how the game and reality blur their borders in this instance of play, inviting further study into the ramifications of simulated games and the fantasy of the real.

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