Game Theory - an example of the future of the book


	Game Theory - an example of the future of the book

swilmarth

8-9-2006 9:32 PM

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swilmarth says:

Together with the Institute for the Future of the Book, I created this website as a way to think to about games. Games, as in computer games, are the subject of my next book, GAM3R 7H30RY. I am interested in two questions.

1. can we explore games as allegories for the world we live in?
2. can there be a critical theory of games?

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				<div class="text3"><p style="margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px;">Together with the Institute for the Future of the Book, I created this website as a way to think to about games. Games, as in computer games, are the subject of my next book, GAM3R 7H30RY. I am interested in two questions.</p> <ol style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px;"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">can we explore games as allegories for the world we live in?</li>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px;">I thought it would be interesting to share the book in its draft state to see if these questions are something other people might have ideas on or might want to pursue. <a href="?page_id=229">more ...</a></p></div>
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				<div class="text3">There is an absolute in the moment of the game; and this absolute, like every reality or moment taken to the absolute, represents a specific form of alienation.</div>
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