Welcome to Pattern Recognition: a series of studies taking a closer look at games as a medium. Let's explore how we can engage with games in more meaningful and intentional ways, disambiguate them from their industry: one that is ripe with exploitation of our attention, time, and money. Join me to see if we can't pull these things apart and find something worth engaging with!
This month, on 6/20, we'll dive into the philosophy of Competition and Ethics as discussed in Plato's Republic. We'll read some passages from the text and then engage in some truly despicable acts of banana peeling and blue shelling each other, being mindful of how the intensity and acts of play can shift our morality (in the context of play, of course!).
