[game_edu] Brenda Braithwaite's game_edu rant at GDC

[William Huber]

How much do you think Jonathan Ive knows about the technology in the iPod,
the iPad, the MacBook Pro, etc.?

William Huber
Researcher, Software Studies Initiative @ Calit2
Doctoral candidate, Ph.D. Program in Art & Media History
Visual Arts Department, University of California, San Diego



On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 10:39 AM, <pawlicki at cs.rochester.edu> wrote:


> Consider:

>

> Do you need to be an engineer to design a sports car?

>

> I think that you do. Sure sports cars are "fun". You can't

> design a sports car without understand issues of art, style,

> and the psychology of interaction with the machine and

> technology. Nonetheless, you need to be an engineer to

> design a car because you have to understand how the technology

> "under the hood" determines the user experience. The two

> are not separable.

>

> Likewise, and for the same reasons, you need to be an engineer

> to design a game. The technology is not separate from the

> user experience.

>

> Ted Pawlicki

> Department of Computer Science

> Hajim School of Engineering

> Univerisity of Rochester

>

>

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