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Abduction, Enaction, & Play

in Stray Throughts on December 8, 2020 December 9, 2020 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email 0 33 Views

In this post I explore the notion of abduction—inferring what is probable from what is actual—in relation to games and play. Abductive reasoning shares a number of commonalities with the hermeneutic circle and by extension…

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in Research on October 1, 2020 October 23, 2020 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email 0 61 Views

Nearly a hundred years ago, Jakob von Uexküll published A Foray Into the Worlds of Animals and Humans. Therein the biophilosopher envisioned how the world appears to various creatures, arguing that species are born into, live, and adapt to their own Umwelten (German for ‘environments’).

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A screenshot from the game Hades where the main character is talking to his father.

Hades & the Hub

in Stray Throughts on September 29, 2020 October 18, 2020 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email 0 26 Views

Over at The Washington Post Gene Park has written about the roguelike Hades, calling it a ‘masterclass in storytelling.’ If so, it would mark a pivotal step forward for a genre that has had much…

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Responding Safely

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In May, VEGA (Violence, Evidence, Guidance, and Action) launched their family violence educational resources through McMaster University. I had the opportunity to work with the VEGA team over a three year period to design and…

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Hello, Worlds Hello! My name's Steve Wilcox, I'm a games researcher, designer, and instructor. My research focuses on the use of media to mobilize knowledge. I teach game design at Wilfrid Laurier University. more

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