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Neil's avatar

Thank you for this great review Rob. I listened to him on a podcast with Sean Carrol a few years ago and have been fascinated by the notion of β€œplay” ever since. It also, I think, links to Huizinga’s view on homo ludens.

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Huizinga, for sure. Though I read him as anti-modern in a way that Nguyen is not.

Thanks for mentioning that Nguyen was on Mindscape. It was in 2021, before I became a regular listener. It's in my queue now. Here is the link in case anyone else wants to listen: https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2021/10/18/169-c-thi-nguyen-on-games-art-values-and-agency/