{"id":1155,"date":"2026-01-15T21:54:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T21:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycours.es\/postgaming\/?page_id=1155"},"modified":"2026-04-17T14:11:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T14:11:58","slug":"readings-play-the-world","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mycours.es\/postgaming\/readings-play-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Readings: Play the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-74 alignleft\" title=\"cover\" src=\"http:\/\/mycours.es\/gamedesign2014\/files\/2014\/08\/cover-665x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"512\" \/>For next week read these two texts:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebaffler.com\/salvos\/whats-the-point-if-we-cant-have-fun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What\u2019s the Point If We Can\u2019t Have Fun?<\/a> by David Graeber<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mycours.es\/zip\/Miguel Sicart - Play Matters - Play is.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Play is <\/a> by Miguel Sicart (from play Matters)<\/p>\n<p>And write a short response as a post on discord.<br \/>\nSome starting points:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What are the similarities between the two authors&#8217; notion of play?<\/li>\n<li>Can you make examples of the &#8220;appropriative&#8221; nature of play described by Sicart?<\/li>\n<li>Both authors oppose an instrumental way of thinking about play, can you point at examples of this instrumentation? Can work be playful? Can games be work-like?<\/li>\n<li>Mandatory: Choose a reference mentioned in one of the texts: author, game, work, concept, etc. do a bit of research and post a paragraph explaining what it is.<\/li>\n<li>Make one of your microgames in response to something mentioned in the texts (and explain it how it related).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For next week read these two texts: What\u2019s the Point If We Can\u2019t Have Fun? by David Graeber Play is by Miguel Sicart (from play Matters) And write a short response as a post on discord. Some starting points: What are the similarities between the two authors&#8217; notion of play? Can you make examples of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mycours.es\/postgaming\/readings-play-the-world\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Readings: Play the world&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":13,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1155","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycours.es\/postgaming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycours.es\/postgaming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycours.es\/postgaming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycours.es\/postgaming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycours.es\/postgaming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1155"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/mycours.es\/postgaming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1163,"href":"https:\/\/mycours.es\/postgaming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1155\/revisions\/1163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycours.es\/postgaming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}