game theory

Cultural Self-Aggrandizement Has Us ‘Playing Oppression’

Cultural Self-Aggrandizement Has Us ‘Playing Oppression’

In Playing Oppression, scholars Mary Flanagan and Mikael Jakobsson lay bare the colonialist origins of board games.

#PopMatters20: The Evolution of Game Criticism

Academic Gamers: Your Assistance with ‘Gaming Representation’ Please

Academic Gamers: Your Assistance with ‘Gaming Representation’ Please

You might care about the concepts raised in Gaming Representation, but you probably won’t be able to understand them.

Game Theory and Marx: ‘Narcos’ as a Capitalist Parable

Game Theory and Marx: ‘Narcos’ as a Capitalist Parable

Narcos depicts the narcotics industry as a form of capitalism run amok, an unending game motivating its central criminals.

Game Theory: 2 Steps From the Middle Ages

Game Theory: 2 Steps From the Middle Ages

Game Theory’s 1988 release anticipated the alternative music explosion of the early '90s.
Game Theory: Blaze of Glory

Game Theory: Blaze of Glory

Game Theory's nervy debut album gets to baffle another generation of listeners with this bulky reissue.
Awareness, Social Change, and ‘Critical Play’

Awareness, Social Change, and ‘Critical Play’

In Critical Play, games scholar Mary Flanagan details the long history of games engaging with larger cultural issues and subverting exclusion

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Roots: Game Theory