Painful Paradoxes of PlayThomas Vigild

Schnulli

• “You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of

conversation.”

• - Platon

This...

is what you are building

Source:Guitar Hero Facesby Ari Pescovitz

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Paradox #1: Rules

PLAY = “The free movement within a more rigid structure” (Salen/Zimmerman - Rules of Play)

TRANSFORMATIVE PLAY: The free movement that then alters that rigid structure for others.

Paradox #2: Time

Pieter Brueghel: Young Folks at Play (1560)

OK GO: This Too Shall Pass

Paradox #3: Pause

Paradox #4: Pain

Operation Pedopriest

• Calabouço Tétrico “Torture Tetris”

• Semiotic vs. Mechanical layer

Paradox #5: Tools

Paradox #6: Even terms

Paradox #7: Manipulation

“Most of the designs are based on stories we find intriguing,”!“It’s always about mystery, what makes your imagination start to work.”

Ludi

Sylvan Steenhuis - Ludic Interventions

“Time you enjoyed wasting is not wasted time”

Paradox #8: The Loop

The LoopTime

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