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[018] Social Science Talks: The Player of Games, by Iain M. Banks
Update: 2016-02-22
Description
Common misconception that; that fun is relaxing. If it is, you’re not doing it right.
Would you like to play a game? This month, we read the Player of Games, by Iain M. Banks, and follow one of the Culture’s Master-game-players to a gaming competition that has little, if any, relationship to play. On the way we discuss our relationship to games, how Yvonne manages to teach using games, and whether victory is important.
Participants
Alex ‘Failstate’ Hoseason
Matthew ‘Blood Bowl’ Campbell
Yvonne ‘Papers Please’ Rinkart
John ‘Probably playing XCOM’ Wood
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