Even When You’re Not Playing, You’re Playing: On “Critical Hits” — Cleveland Review of Books
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Even When You’re Not Playing, You’re Playing: On “Critical Hits” — Cleveland Review of Books
The greatest power of games is that you can explore this landscape of different agencies. The greatest danger of games is that you can get sucked into this experience of just craving and wanting to be in a clear, crisp and gentle universe where you know exactly what to do and exactly how well it’s measured.
New York Times • A Philosophy of Games That Is Really a Philosophy of Life
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