Pretty Weird Games Podcast

In this episode we’re shaking things up a bit. Together with my guest Peter Jürgensen I’m talking about different elements of game definitions as compiled in Rules of Play by Salen / Zimmerman. And we’re making a game out of it: who can give better examples of games that break those definitions? Works Cited Books, Papers and Video GLUED TO GAMES, Scott Rigby, Richard Ryan, Praeger, 2011 GDC TALK A...

After having looked at some definitions of the terms “Play” and “Game” in the last episode, today we’re going a bit deeper and we’ll look at possible definitions of “Computer Game”. Which is relevant for board games because those definitions will try and separate computer games from other games. And by looking at those separators we will learn something about board games. Works Cited Papers and Bo...

In this episode I start to look at games philosophy, which is going to be a big part of this podcast. I start off with some definitional groundwork. Looking at different definitions of the terms "Play" and "Game". Works Cited Papers and Books: WHAT’S IN A GAME? HUIZINGA, CAILLOIS, AND CONVENTIONAL BEHAVIOR IN GAMES, Chad Carlson, Routledge, 2026 SUITS ON GAMES AND THEIR VALUE, C. Thi Nguyen, Routl...

In this first episode, I introduce myself and tell you about this project. In the main part of the episode I talk about the language we use when talking about board games and what that language tells us about how we see board games. Works cited: Novels: TSCHICK, Wolfgang Herrndorf, Rowohlt, 2010 Games: EL GRANDE, Wolfgang Kramer, Richard Ulrich, Hans Im Glück, 1995 KANBAN, Vital Lacerda, Stronghol...