Will Wright Quiz

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1. Wright talks about companies asking for advice on 'gamification'. What does "MSG" stand for in this context?

Make it Seem Game-Like

2. What does Wright mean by the idea of "Interdisciplinary Entertainment"?

Takes place at the intersection of established entertainment with different sciences.

3.  Technology, Culture, Psychology are described as being different types of:

Platforms

4. Wright argues that "Play builds models"
and that "Games test models" What kinds of models is he talking about?

mental frameworks of how phenomena work

5. Will Wright talks about the following schema

*Light bulb joke schema
*Classification schema
*Causality schema
*False Schema

Why are such schema important when it comes to working with interactive media and entertainment?

They allow game developers to refine and their ideas and conceptual models, as well as expand upon them.

6. Wright describes how network culture has given rise to a world of "narrowcast" where everyone is a publisher but to a small narrow group. What is a good example of this?

Social sites such as Twitter and Myspace

7. Using the example of the '20 Questions' toy, Wright argues that we are moving to a world in which the power of collective effort is playing a larger role online. 

What is another name for this type of activity?

Crowd-sourcing

8. What does Will Wright say about the future?

Many companies are falling under due to the world being in a constant state of unpredictable change. 

9. Despite the rise of online distribution in almost every arena in digital culture, what two formats continue to enjoy sales, albeit in fewer numbers?

Record LPs and Compact Discs (CDs)

10. What did you find most useful from the Will Wright lecture on "The Metaphysics of Game Design"?

I found Wright's "flow-chart" - which put voyeurism, playing, and story at three separate ends of a spectrum and charted different forms of entertainment through their various subcategories - especially useful and fascinating.