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C. Thi Nguyen, "Games: Agency as Art" (Oxford UP, 2020)

New Books in Anthropology

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Professor C. T. Nguyen explores the meaningfulness of games as an art form, emphasizing the importance of skill, choice, decision-making, and free agency. He discusses the role of the point system in shaping players' motivations and reflects on the unique nature of play within a philosophical framework.

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