{"id":999,"date":"2018-04-03T13:35:19","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T13:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mycours.es\/playfultheory2018\/?page_id=999"},"modified":"2024-10-30T18:02:04","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T18:02:04","slug":"subversive-play","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/mycours.es\/playfultheory\/subversive-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Subversive Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Misplaying a game blurs the boundary between player and designer.<br \/>\nPlayers have always fixed, customized, modded games (house rules). Almost all pre-digital games don&#8217;t have a single designer, they are folk creations.<br \/>\nDigital games are more commodified and therefore more fixed and designed. Modifying and misplaying them requires a bit more effort and attitude.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-142\" src=\"http:\/\/mycours.es\/gamedesign2016\/files\/2016\/08\/Pieter_Bruegel_children_games-1024x732.jpg\" alt=\"Pieter_Bruegel_children_games\" width=\"840\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Trespassing game boundaries<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"[borders: chichen itza]\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/16773689?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Virtual photographer Robert William Overweg made a series of surreal landscapes called\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotbyrobert.com\/?page_id=102\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the end of the virtual world<\/a>\u00a0documenting the boundaries of designed territories.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.molleindustria.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/End_of_the_virtual_world-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-713\" title=\"End_of_the_virtual_world-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.molleindustria.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/End_of_the_virtual_world-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even procedurally generated worlds like Minecraft are not really infinite.<\/p>\n<p>According to the developers \u201cthere\u2019s no hard limit in Minecraft, it will just get buggier and buggier the further our you are\u201d (I presume that\u2019s due to the limits of the floating point variables used to generate the worlds).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Every Minecraft Far Lands, Ever.\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BX3To8fzawY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Grannies, a documentary about a gang of boundary breakers.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Grannies (2019), Dir. Marie Foulston [Full Movie]\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FM9CqgIve_o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Exploring the system&#8217;s boundaries<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Beyond the spatial dimension, on a more conceptual level, games have boundaries too.<\/p>\n<p>What the games simulate and represent is limited both in scope and quality.<\/p>\n<p>A &#8220;subversive&#8221; player may attempt to probe these boundaries.<\/p>\n<p>Exploring the hidden lives of NPCs<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hardly Working\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/728924613?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Machinima &#8211; using games for storytelling<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"My Trip to Liberty City\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fxpDHiH5PKk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>See also the first <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/news\/articles\/SB10001424052970203806504577181320148513432\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pacifist Runs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SIMCITY 3000 - MAGNASANTI - 6 MILLION - ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM.flv\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NTJQTc-TqpU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vice.com\/read\/the-totalitarian-buddhist-who-beat-sim-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Magnasanti<\/a> &#8211; reverse engineering SimCity<\/p>\n<p>Me testing the limits of Crusader Kings 3<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CRUSADER KINGS 3: THE PERFECT SOCIETY\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4BHCEqKOQQg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cities: Skylines | Power, Politics, &amp; Planning by donoteat &#8211; talking about real urban issue while playing Cities Skylines<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cities: Skylines | Power, Politics, &amp; Planning: Episode 1: Parking\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0lvUByM-fZk?list=PLwkSQD3vqK1S1NiHIxxF2g_Uy-LbbcR84\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sbnation.com\/2014\/1\/30\/5351052\/breaking-madden-super-bowl-broncos-seahawks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Breaking Madden<\/a> modding NFL games to discover the sublime in football.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BREAKING MADDEN: SUPER BOWL XLVIII.\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CeKC7cH1-kI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Modding GTA to create a post-human live stream<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"San Andreas Deer Cam: offline footage\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/157218918?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"680\" height=\"460\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Counter Strike surfing (Mod)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"surf_overgrowth2 by Fission\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8LpotSijbqs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/r-s-g.org\/PP\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prepared playstation<\/a> by RSG (2005) finding game loops<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Prepard Playstation RSG-THUG2-1\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/asziuwts1bk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Glitch Hunting in Skate 2<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Skate 3 Funny Stuff Compilation #1\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vfl33Tn0pYc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Extreme speedrunning<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time speedrun - 18:10 by Cosmo\/Narcissa Wright (Live)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nkDGCcbx16w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Is cheating subversive play?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chinese Gold Farmers Preview\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ho5Yxe6UVv4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Gold Farming &#8211; in game economies essentially started as cheating\/outsourced &#8220;playbor&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Traveling Swordsman Problem: never crossing my own path in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLtUXjimZcwTh3bVCOjamFg_Qxu3ELTYds\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nowrongwaytoplay.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">No wrong way to play<br \/>\n<\/a>A blog devoted to unusual ways to play videogames (2013-2017)<br \/>\nIt captured the emergence of &#8220;challenges&#8221; now very common in game streaming.\u00a0 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lghlkDA1gVY\">Minecraft<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oh58rDICpeI\">GTA<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sonic 6 ring shuffler speedrun - Alistair&#039;s Magic Box\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yl6B9bW86tM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Complete History of Twitch Plays Pokemon (pt 1) - Schwam Games\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9cHsVq6n5Vs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Alternative interfaces<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TEKKEN TORTURE TOURNAMENT (Eddo Stern\/C-LEVEL 2001)\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/15715431?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dance Dance Immolation - Burning Man 2013\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ba97tKvR4yc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MassageMe_How_To_Massage_me\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jZSxrIDiDFc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Massage me by Mika Satomi and Hannah Perner-Wilson<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lipstrike\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/goXh7cGpAII?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"[giantJoystick]\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-r-iHfXuj64?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SweetPads - France Cadet\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3H9mN7100hU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Animal play<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I Taught My Goldfish to Play Elden Ring\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gM1AzDZiVOU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Game performances and online protests<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In-game protest about issues related to the games themselves have been recorded since the late 90s<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/1997\/11\/chaos-in-britannia-ultima-faces-protests\/\">Ultima Online players storm the game designer&#8217;s castle<\/a> to complain about bugs<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2014-10-08-wow-archivist-class-protests-and-the-million-gnome-march.html\">million gnome march<\/a> protesting the \u201cnerfing\u201d of the gnome class<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Artists were the first to envision online games as spaces for activism around real world issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/anthology.rhizome.org\/velvet-strike\">Velvet Strike<\/a> by Anne-Marie Schleiner, Joan Leandre, Brody Condon<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Velvet-Strike (2002)\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/225128073?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Joseph Delappe&#8217;s interventions.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"dead in iraq machinima america&#039;s army\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ejcZ3TR5YTs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Council on Gender Sensitivity and Behavioral Awareness in World of Warcraft by Angela Washko<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;For four years, I created performances as The Council on Gender Sensitivity and Behavioral Awareness in World of Warcraft inside the most popular online multiplayer role-playing video game of all time. As a long-time community member, I stopped playing the game \u201cnormally\u201d and began traveling to major towns to discuss the oppressive ways in which women were treated in the game-space with other players. This led to longer discussions about feminism with players from geographically varied places meeting together in this virtual public space.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Playing A Girl\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/59268593?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Also see all the other <a href=\"https:\/\/totalrefusal.com\/\">Total Refusal interventions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nwn.blogs.com\/nwn\/2011\/11\/newt-gingrich-second-life-presidential-candidate.html\">Official political campaigns<\/a> and counter protests happened regularly Second Life<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Newt Gingrich on Capitol Hill in Second Life\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FOpOZ3Y9eD0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fast forward to recent times\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/technology-50894769\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hong Kong democracy protesters and counter protester clashing in GTA online<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mycours.es\/playfultheory\/files\/2024\/08\/110281565_weibo1.jpg.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1403\" src=\"http:\/\/mycours.es\/playfultheory\/files\/2024\/08\/110281565_weibo1.jpg.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mycours.es\/playfultheory\/files\/2024\/08\/110281565_weibo1.jpg.png 1024w, http:\/\/mycours.es\/playfultheory\/files\/2024\/08\/110281565_weibo1.jpg-300x169.png 300w, http:\/\/mycours.es\/playfultheory\/files\/2024\/08\/110281565_weibo1.jpg-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Black Lives Matter in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2020\/aug\/07\/black-lives-matter-meets-animal-crossing-how-protesters-take-their-activism-into-video-games\">animal crossing<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/blacksimzmatter.tumblr.com\/post\/145229760302\/ebonixsimblr-ebonix-black-lives-matter-rally\">the Sims<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mycours.es\/playfultheory\/files\/2024\/08\/tumblr_o82eqgMTHY1ul6oago5_1280.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1401\" src=\"http:\/\/mycours.es\/playfultheory\/files\/2024\/08\/tumblr_o82eqgMTHY1ul6oago5_1280.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"809\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mycours.es\/playfultheory\/files\/2024\/08\/tumblr_o82eqgMTHY1ul6oago5_1280.png 1280w, http:\/\/mycours.es\/playfultheory\/files\/2024\/08\/tumblr_o82eqgMTHY1ul6oago5_1280-300x190.png 300w, http:\/\/mycours.es\/playfultheory\/files\/2024\/08\/tumblr_o82eqgMTHY1ul6oago5_1280-1024x647.png 1024w, http:\/\/mycours.es\/playfultheory\/files\/2024\/08\/tumblr_o82eqgMTHY1ul6oago5_1280-768x485.png 768w, http:\/\/mycours.es\/playfultheory\/files\/2024\/08\/tumblr_o82eqgMTHY1ul6oago5_1280-1200x758.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/mycours.es\/playfultheory\/files\/2024\/08\/693.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1402\" src=\"http:\/\/mycours.es\/playfultheory\/files\/2024\/08\/693.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mycours.es\/playfultheory\/files\/2024\/08\/693.png 620w, http:\/\/mycours.es\/playfultheory\/files\/2024\/08\/693-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roblox Gaza protests<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kids in Malaysia protest for a Free Palestine on Roblox\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Me-KbC4PyHg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Circumventing censorship through minecraft<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Uncensored Library\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_7j-Ynup6BM?start=46&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although games are not necessarily free from government surveillance.<br \/>\nAfter 9-11 law enforcement really thought terrorists were coordinating online to circumvent surveillance:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cso many C.I.A., F.B.I. and Pentagon spies were hunting around in Second Life, the document noted, that a \u201cdeconfliction\u201d group was needed to avoid collisions \u2014 the intelligence agencies may have inflated the threat.\u201d &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/12\/10\/world\/spies-dragnet-reaches-a-playing-field-of-elves-and-trolls.html?_r=1&amp;\">NYT<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Misplaying a game blurs the boundary between player and designer. Players have always fixed, customized, modded games (house rules). Almost all pre-digital games don&#8217;t have a single designer, they are folk creations. Digital games are more commodified and therefore more fixed and designed. Modifying and misplaying them requires a bit more effort and attitude. Trespassing &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/mycours.es\/playfultheory\/subversive-play\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Subversive Play&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-999","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mycours.es\/playfultheory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mycours.es\/playfultheory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mycours.es\/playfultheory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mycours.es\/playfultheory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mycours.es\/playfultheory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=999"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/mycours.es\/playfultheory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1432,"href":"http:\/\/mycours.es\/playfultheory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/999\/revisions\/1432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mycours.es\/playfultheory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}