Wired’s jargon watch lists ludology as on of the four featured terms this month:
LUDOLOGY
n. The academic study of videogames. Taking its name from the Latin word for game, and deriving techniques from literary and film theory, ludology analyzes EverQuest as art and Grand Theft Auto as cultural artifact.
Via Gonzalo at, eh. ludology.org.
I think this means we’re mainstream now.
hi. for some reason, i had no idea you had a blog… i’ve been looking around and loving it! btw, i’m a brazilian game researcher, we met very, very briefly at digra2005, where i saw your presentation — which made me quite curious about your new book. anyhow, i just wanted to drop a note and say that your blog is interesting and fun.
as for the new hype on ludology, well, it makes sense… :)