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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Mary Flanagan |
| ISBN: | 9780262062688 0262062682 |
| OCLC Number: | 638401226 |
| Description: | 353 S : Ill. |
| Responsibility: | Mary Flanagan. |
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"Mary Flanagan has written a marvelous book in Critical Play. As an artist and scholar, Flanagan examines play through sources that range from the Mexican Revolution of 1910 and Johan Huizinga to Marcel Duchamp and the often-overlooked Roger Caillois. Flanagan examines games and play from dollhouses to board games, from Alberto Giacometti to Fluxus, enabling us to see what it is that makes play critical. The core issue of the book is creating forms of play that ask important questions about human life. After a grand romp through the territory and history of play, Flanagan provides a crisp practical theory in her game design model. What a book! I'm ready to shake the dice and start again." --Ken Friedman, Professor, Dean, Faculty of Design Swinburne University of Technology, Australia "In Critical Play, Flanagan uncovers a secret history of games buried deep inside folk culture, experimental media, and the world of art. Critical Play should be required reading for anyone who cares about the cultural importance and future potential of games." --Eric Zimmerman, game designer and co-author of Rules of Play Read more...
