painful paradoxes of play
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Thomas Vigild's presentation from CounterPlay '14.TRANSCRIPT
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Painful Paradoxes of PlayThomas Vigild
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Schnulli
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• “You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of
conversation.”
• - Platon
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This...
is what you are building
Source:Guitar Hero Facesby Ari Pescovitz
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Belie
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Paradox #1: Rules
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PLAY = “The free movement within a more rigid structure” (Salen/Zimmerman - Rules of Play)
TRANSFORMATIVE PLAY: The free movement that then alters that rigid structure for others.
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Paradox #2: Time
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Pieter Brueghel: Young Folks at Play (1560)
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OK GO: This Too Shall Pass
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Paradox #3: Pause
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Paradox #4: Pain
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Operation Pedopriest
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• Calabouço Tétrico “Torture Tetris”
• Semiotic vs. Mechanical layer
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Paradox #5: Tools
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Paradox #6: Even terms
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Paradox #7: Manipulation
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“Most of the designs are based on stories we find intriguing,”!“It’s always about mystery, what makes your imagination start to work.”
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Ludi
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Sylvan Steenhuis - Ludic Interventions
“Time you enjoyed wasting is not wasted time”
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Paradox #8: The Loop
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The LoopTime
RulesPain
Even termsManipulation
ToolsPausePainful Paradoxes of Play
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PLAYER
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