Playing Software
Homo Ludens in Computational Culture
Published on 14. February 2023
Book
Hardback
184 pages
978-0-262-04772-2 (ISBN)
Description
"This is Johan Huizinga's Homo Ludens for the 21st century. Miguel Sicart extends Huizinga's argument that play is essential to the generation of culture to the computational culture of today"--
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge (Massachusetts)
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
11 black and white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 305 mm
Width: 206 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
476 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-04772-2 (9780262047722)
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02/2023
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Person
Miguel Sicart is Associate Professor in the Department of Digital Design and Head of the Center for Digital Play at the IT University of Copenhagen. He is the author of The Ethics of Computer Games, Beyond Choices: The Design of Ethical Gameplay, and Play Matters (all published by the MIT Press).
Content
Preface vii
0 Start 1
1 Playing 9
2 Interfaces 29
3 Playthings 53
4 Personalities 75
5 Systems 97
6 Capital 123
7 Endings 145
Notes 155
Bibliography 173
Index 187
0 Start 1
1 Playing 9
2 Interfaces 29
3 Playthings 53
4 Personalities 75
5 Systems 97
6 Capital 123
7 Endings 145
Notes 155
Bibliography 173
Index 187