When I first looked at the cover of this book I though, “woah, this is going to be brutal,” but then I started to understand why this is so interesting and relevant to our study of Games and Play. Moskowitz goes into the history of Weiqi, how the game was made unpopular until the Tang…

I found the Journal of American Oriental Society to be the most interesting. The way that the game of Wei-Chi was so often used to symbolize life issues was very indicative of the broad acceptance, and importance of the game in Chinese society. I also found it really interesting to learn that the game of…

I really enjoyed the Birth if the Chess Queen book. Although I did not go nuts over the bible like beginning of the book that brushed over generations of heritage, I did enjoy the parts of the book that delved into the mystical aspects of Chess. I found the Indian origin story, where the chess…

I found our Playing the American Dream reading to be the most grabbing of this weeks readings. I suppose that I have always known that games like Monopoly are capitalist in nature, and that they advocate capitalism-related success stories of lucky “dramatic upward mobility” that is so prevalent in the capitalist realm. However, I never…