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Let me summarize my account of games… Games, I’ve argued, are the art form that works in the medium of agency. The game designer doesn’t… Read More »C. Thi Nguyen: Games, agency and value plurality
“Waste not, want not,” is a great maxim and a terrible law. Unnecessary waste is bad… but if you value things along more than one… Read More »Waste what, want what
… is an odd construction. We don’t say “Joy on you”, or “Pride on you”.* I speculate (please correct me if you know better) that… Read More »“Shame On You”
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If you’re working for change, you need several layers of vision: A vision of “better” This is the change you’re working towards – a future… Read More »Vision: some helpful ways of seeing