Time and Temporality in Live-Action Role-Playing

• Authors: Harviainen J. Tuomas

Title variants

PL

Percepcja oraz systemy reprezentacji czasu i czasowości w larpach (live-action role-playing games)

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article examines perceptions and systems of time and temporality in live-action role-playing (larp). Taking cues from the work of management game scholar Timo Lainema, the article presents examples of the effects of game duration, asynchronicity, and boredom, and then offers a new option for viewing time at, and in, larp play.

PL

Artykuł zajmuje się percepcją i systemami reprezentacji czasu i czasowości w larpach (live-action role-playing games). Na podstawie prac Timo Lainema, badacza gier menedżerskich, niniejszy artykuł przedstawia przykładowe efekty czasu trwania gry, asynchroniczności i nudy, a następnie proponuje nowe podejście do postrzegania czasu na - i w - larpach.

Keywords

EN

Live-action role-playing; Magic circle; Temporality

PL

live-action role-playing games; magiczny krąg; tymczasowość

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Badania Gier (Games Research Association of Poland)
• Journal: Homo Ludens
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 1(11)
• Pages: 13-24

Dates

published

2018-12-28

Contributors

author

Harviainen J. Tuomas

• University of Tampere

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/hl.2018.11.1