Tag Archives: play

Bernard De Koven on approaching death

Posted on 04/03/2017 by kunzelman

If you want to do something for me or because of me, grieving is not what I need. What I need is for you to continue your play/work however you can. Play games. Play the kind of games I like to … Continue reading →

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Three Animals At Play

Posted on 12/20/2013 by kunzelman

Most biologists have assumed that play has indeed had some constructive purpose in species and individual evolution, and their advocacy is itself a much grander conceptualization than any modern attempts to rationalize human play simply as growth or socialization. The … Continue reading →

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A Thing We Do With Video Games

Posted on 03/27/2012 by kunzelman

I read Ian Bogost’s How To Do Things With Video Games on a plane last weekend. I think it is a really smart book that acts as a really great introduction to video game studies, and more particularly, I think … Continue reading →

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