Dance and Mind Control in The Lands Between. Video-based Study-in-progress of Alternative Game In...
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Video analysis compares two Elden Ring livestream cases: Dance Pad: full-body embodied play, no controller overlays and EEG BCI: specific actions triggered by elevated brain activity with movement via gamepad plus on-screen intensity bar and animated brain overlay. Results show alternative controllers change embodied representation of play, force new gameplay structures like prolonged calibration and altered combat strategy, and create an obligation for visible evidence practices to demonstrate legitimacy and function because familiar input expectations no longer hold.
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