app01 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:32:29 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Weird Studies - Episodes Tagged with “Games” https://www.weirdstudies.com/tags/games Wed, 02 Mar 2022 10:30:00 -0500 Professor Phil Ford and writer J. F. Martel host a series of conversations on art and philosophy, dwelling on ideas that are hard to think and art that opens up rifts in what we are pleased to call "reality." en-us episodic Art and philosophy at the limits of the thinkable Phil Ford and J. F. Martel Professor Phil Ford and writer J. F. Martel host a series of conversations on art and philosophy, dwelling on ideas that are hard to think and art that opens up rifts in what we are pleased to call "reality." yes weird, art, philosophy Phil Ford and J. F. Martel admin@weirdstudies.com Episode 117: Time is a Child at Play: On the Mystery of Games https://www.weirdstudies.com/117 bff3e7ab-183d-461d-a960-cf216f98788f Wed, 02 Mar 2022 10:30:00 -0500 Phil Ford and J. F. Martel 117 Time is a Child at Play: On the Mystery of Games full Phil Ford and J. F. Martel Phil and JF discuss the mystery of games and the play function in culture and cosmos. 1:08:22 yes <p>The topic of games and play has fascinated JF and Phil since the launch of Weird Studies. Way back in 2018, they recorded back-to-back episodes on tabletop roleplaying games and fighting sports, and more recently, they did a two-parter on Hermann Hesse's <em>The Glass Bead Game</em>, a philosophical novel suggesting that all human culture tends toward play. In this episode, your hosts draw on a wealth of texts, memories, and nascent ideas to explore the game concept as such. What is a game? What do games tell us about life? What is the function of play in the formation of reality? </p> <p>Support us on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/weirdstudies" rel="nofollow noopener">Patreon</a> <br> Find us on <a href="https://discord.com/invite/Jw22CHfGwp" rel="nofollow noopener">Discord</a><br> Get the new T-shirt design from <a href="https://cottonbureau.com/products/can-o-content#/13435958/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s" rel="nofollow noopener">Cotton Bureau</a>!<br> Get your Weird Studies <a href="https://www.redbubble.com/people/Weird-Studies/shop?asc=u" rel="nofollow noopener">merchandise</a> (t-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.) <br> Visit the Weird Studies <a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/weirdstudies" rel="nofollow noopener">Bookshop</a><br> Buy the Weird Studies <a href="https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-1" rel="nofollow noopener">soundtrack</a></p> <p><strong>REFERENCES</strong></p> <p>Roger Caillois, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780252070334" rel="nofollow noopener">Man, Play, and Games</a></em> <br> Johan Huizinga, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781621389996" rel="nofollow noopener">Homo Ludens</a></em> <br> Ludwig Wittgenstein, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781405159289" rel="nofollow noopener">Philosophical Investigations</a></em> <br> Bernard Suits, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781554812158" rel="nofollow noopener">The Grasshopper: Games, Life, and Utopia</a></em> <br> Jobe Bittman, <em>The Book of Antitheses</em> <a href="https://us.lotfp.com/store/index.php?route=product/product&amp;product_id=87" rel="nofollow noopener">US version</a>, <a href="http://www.lotfp.com/store/index.php?route=product/product&amp;product_id=412" rel="nofollow noopener">EU version</a><br> Weird Studies, <a href="https://www.weirdstudies.com/6" rel="nofollow noopener">Episode 6, Dungeons and Dragons</a> <br> Weird Studies, <a href="https://www.weirdstudies.com/7" rel="nofollow noopener">Episode 7, Boxing</a> <br> C. Thi Nguyen, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780190052089" rel="nofollow noopener">Games: Agency as Art</a></em> <br> Eduardo Vivieros de Castro, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781517905316" rel="nofollow noopener">Cannibal Metaphysics</a></em> <br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._F._Skinner" rel="nofollow noopener">BF Skinner</a>, American psychologist <br> Heraclitus, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780142437650" rel="nofollow noopener">Fragments</a></em> </p> games, ludology, magic, metaphysics, play function, Heraclitus, homo ludens, huizinga The topic of games and play has fascinated JF and Phil since the launch of Weird Studies. Way back in 2018, they recorded back-to-back episodes on tabletop roleplaying games and fighting sports, and more recently, they did a two-parter on Hermann Hesse's The Glass Bead Game, a philosophical novel suggesting that all human culture tends toward play. In this episode, your hosts draw on a wealth of texts, memories, and nascent ideas to explore the game concept as such. What is a game? What do games tell us about life? What is the function of play in the formation of reality?

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Roger Caillois, Man, Play, and Games
Johan Huizinga, Homo Ludens
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations
Bernard Suits, The Grasshopper: Games, Life, and Utopia
Jobe Bittman, The Book of Antitheses US version, EU version
Weird Studies, Episode 6, Dungeons and Dragons
Weird Studies, Episode 7, Boxing
C. Thi Nguyen, Games: Agency as Art
Eduardo Vivieros de Castro, Cannibal Metaphysics
BF Skinner, American psychologist
Heraclitus, Fragments

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Support us on Patreon
Find us on Discord
Get the new T-shirt design from Cotton Bureau!
Get your Weird Studies merchandise (t-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.)
Visit the Weird Studies Bookshop
Buy the Weird Studies soundtrack

REFERENCES

Roger Caillois, Man, Play, and Games
Johan Huizinga, Homo Ludens
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations
Bernard Suits, The Grasshopper: Games, Life, and Utopia
Jobe Bittman, The Book of Antitheses US version, EU version
Weird Studies, Episode 6, Dungeons and Dragons
Weird Studies, Episode 7, Boxing
C. Thi Nguyen, Games: Agency as Art
Eduardo Vivieros de Castro, Cannibal Metaphysics
BF Skinner, American psychologist
Heraclitus, Fragments

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