{"id":320,"date":"2023-01-02T16:49:12","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T16:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emilyryall.net\/?page_id=320"},"modified":"2023-11-17T14:12:47","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T14:12:47","slug":"philosophy-of-games","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/emilyryall.net\/?page_id=320","title":{"rendered":"Philosophy of Games"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"320\" class=\"elementor elementor-320\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c303395 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c303395\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7b7d599\" data-id=\"7b7d599\" 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Games<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d27b6bd elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"d27b6bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f7c8a0d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f7c8a0d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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(2021) Agential Layering, the Absurd and the Grind in Game-Playing. Journal of the Philosophy of Sport. 48:3, 425-435, DOI: 10.1080\/00948705.2021.1948339<\/a><\/div><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">\nEver wondered why we continue to play a game despite the fact that we are completely bored with it and just end up doing the same task over and over again? This is one of the questions I consider in this article in response to Thi Nguyen's book Games: Agency as Art, for a special issue of the Journal of the Philosophy of Sport.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-67e1816\" data-id=\"67e1816\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5c85ce elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"a5c85ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eprints.glos.ac.uk\/13312\/\" target=\"_blank\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"629\" height=\"557\" src=\"https:\/\/emilyryall.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Habermas-Article.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-533\" alt=\"What do players do in a game?\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emilyryall.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Habermas-Article.jpg 629w, https:\/\/emilyryall.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Habermas-Article-300x266.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><div class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eprints.glos.ac.uk\/13312\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Xiaolin Zhang, Emily Ryall &amp; Andrew Edgar (2023) What do players do in a game? A Habermasian perspective, Journal of the Philosophy of Sport, DOI: 10.1080\/00948705.2023.2269427 <\/a><\/div><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">This paper provides an analysis of game playing using Habermas' framework of strategy, ethics, drama, communication. It considers what would be the 'perfect' game and how it can address the paradox posed by Suits' utopia.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cbc1b07 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cbc1b07\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b029ac\" data-id=\"6b029ac\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35caf53 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"35caf53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philosophy of Games Ryall, E. (2021) Agential Layering, the Absurd and the Grind in Game-Playing. 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