Writing Video - Writing the World: Videogeographies as Cognitive Medium

Writing for video games

This paper is a survey of the process and technology used for video games and tackles the problem of writing them. The first part of the paper addresses the general state of the art in the design of video games : market and technology constraints, production process. The second part is devoted to the writing of games practices and technology constraints.

Cognitive Technologies for Writing

Current technologies are useful for improving the productivity and appearance of writing. However, with several notable exceptions, they neither offer qualitative advances over previous tools in helping mature writers express or refine their thoughts, nor help novices develop better writing skills. We propose that writing tools contribute indirectly to writing development (e.g., by encouraging ...

Cognitive Models of Writing

This paper reviews models of the cognitive processes involved in writing. It sketches their development from an early emphasis on the thinking behind the text and the impact of cognitive overload on this, through more dynamic models emphasizing the interaction between thinking and text production processes, to more recent models emphasizing the constitutive role of text production in the develo...

Writing in the granular gel medium

Gels made from soft microscale particles smoothly transition between the fluid and solid states, making them an ideal medium in which to create macroscopic structures with microscopic precision. While tracing out spatial paths with an injection tip, the granular gel fluidizes at the point of injection and then rapidly solidifies, trapping injected material in place. This physical approach to cr...

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