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Comment on Minecraft Urbanism and Taking the Fun Out of Place by The Pretentious Gamer

The Pretentious Gamer — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 10:08:11 +0000

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Comment on The Ludic Age by Gareth R. White

Gareth R. White — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:54:42 +0000

Rather than being a new concept I think Zimmerman is actually making reference to Sutton-Smith’s superlative and visionary work from over a decade ago,

“There are some grounds for thinking that if the first historical romanticism was characterized as the great aesthetic turn in Western culture, the present romanticism can be characterized as the ‘ludic turn’ in Western culture.”
p288

Anthony D. Pellegrini (ed), The Future of Play Theory: A Multidisciplinary Inquiry into the Contributions of Brian Sutton-Smith. (State University of New York Press, 1995)

Link to source

“My more immediate debt is to the three truly great twentieth-century play theorists, J. Huizinga, M. Spariosu, and R. Fagen, who have, wittingly or otherwise, contributed to our playful illusion that the time of the ‘ludic turn’ in Western culture is about to arrive.”
p ix

“It is possible to sum up this variety of ludic usages by saying that perhaps, at least in literature, we are witnessing at the end of the twentieth century a ludic turn that begins to match the aesthetic turn at the end of the eighteenth century.”
pp 143-144

Link to source
Brian Sutton-Smith. The Ambiguity of Play (Harvard University Press, 1997)

Comment on Public Art WTF? Part 2 by David

David — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:25:40 +0000

So, it turns out the thing does light up. It looks like a lump Christmas tree.

Comment on Public art WTF? by David

David — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:32:41 +0000

I’m still curious about this: Before the sculpture went in, I could swear that they put in electric. So, I wonder if the thing is gonna light up at some point.

Comment on Public art WTF? by brandyradey

brandyradey — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:14:39 +0000

I just saw this piece for the fist time yesterday. Thought it was melted Hot Tamales candy. Shockingly weird.

Comment on Hell House / Haunted House by Dennis G. Jerz

Dennis G. Jerz — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:05:09 +0000

Don’t forget the Biblical call to mimesis — “Do this (break bread and share wine) in memory of me.” And here’s a great anecdote about the overlap between medieval religious, economic, and civic life:

http://jerz.setonhill.edu/resources/PSim/seville.html

Comment on Wacky Dubai — Summoning the Future by David

David — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:54:09 +0000

I’ve been following the developments in Dubai for a while. It used to be when I talked about it, people thought I was kidding. Now it seems that serious money is on trying to come up with the next biggest, most weird thing to get away with. So, I agree. There does seem to be some limit to who spectacular Dubai can get before the whole thing falls apart.

– David

Comment on SimCity: Super Size Me by Vijay Kalvakuntla

Vijay Kalvakuntla — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:53:50 +0000

I played with the original game when I was younger. What I liked(And didn’t like) about the game was that I never finished it. With XL taking even larger cities, this game could outgrow its fun. I am still curious to see how it turns out though.

Comment on Wacky Dubai — Summoning the Future by Vijay Kalvakuntla

Vijay Kalvakuntla — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:43:25 +0000

I think Dubai is a beautiful city, but their outlandish architecture is starting to cheapen the city. The country and spends billions of dollars on such projects and imports south Asians to do all of the construction. These citizens suffer with low wages and poor conditions while everyone else enjoys the fruits of their labor.

Comment on Not Enough People by Arturo Flores

Arturo Flores — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:47:55 +0000

It really is amazing how closely you can mimic the real world though the use of a virtual one.