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Mentioned in 10 episodes

Games

Agency as Art
Book • 2020
C.

Thi Nguyen's "Games: Agency as Art" delves into the philosophical underpinnings of game design, exploring the concept of agency as a core element of the player experience.

Nguyen argues that games are not merely entertainment but also artistic expressions that shape player agency through their mechanics and narrative.

The book examines how different game designs influence player choices and actions, highlighting the interplay between player freedom and the constraints imposed by the game's rules.

Nguyen's work challenges traditional notions of art and expands our understanding of how games can be both engaging and thought-provoking.

It's a significant contribution to game studies and philosophy.

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Mentioned in 10 episodes

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Dan Koe
to demonstrate that playing games can be a motivational inversion of ordinary life.
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to explain how games are like an agentic art, where people are showing different agentic paths.
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explores how game designers work in the medium of agency.
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Matthew Remski
, highlighting his work on games and agency.
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as the author of the book, and the basis for the podcast episode.
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in relation to understanding the connection between game theory and software development.
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to illustrate the concept of value capture in the creator economy.
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in the introduction of the podcast.
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as a source of inspiration for his views on games and agency.
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Mentioned by Till Monk when discussing the concept of agency in game design.
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as a phenomenal book published by Oxford University Press in 2020.
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