After reading this week’s articles, I realized just how much the concept of “play” is overlooked in our daily lives. Before switching back into history, I was a psychology major. To separate the psychological and scientific concepts of play from the more abstract and contextual ideas of it as seen in a more historical manner…
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On the Cusp of Being a Game
by Oliver •
Out of all the articles, the one that stuck me most was actually Juul’s The Game, the Player, the World. It offered a distinct and specific method to quantify games, but more interestingly it also acted as a framework with which to remove the game label from various entities. The Sims is used as the…
Response
by Skye •
I thought the readings were eye-opening, fascinating, and yet complex. I always thought games and play was something that did not need a thought process. However, after reading these articles I realize that I am wrong. I enjoyed the Miguel Sicart piece, Play Matters, because I love his honesty about play, games, and sports. I love how…
Reading Response I
by chandsaker •
I found Huzinga’s reading particularly frustrating when considering my own philosophical perspective on games. I disagree with how he characterizes games as irrational, and strictly a social construction. When I think of games, and how they function in the daily lives of people, I consider the work of neuroscientists like David J. Linden. Linden has…
The Definition of Games and Play
by Patrick Anderson •
On Huizinga
by Griffin H. •
First Reading Response
by Edbo •
I found this weeks readings to be pretty stimulating as far as how I think about what it means to “play.” Houzinga’s piece “Homo Ludens” was especially conductive for my thoughts about what it means to play. I especially like how he recalls that the activity of “play” existed long before humans were ever around.…