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Folk games, Festivity
and Subversive
game design
Douglas WilsonDie Gute Fabrik
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Photo via Utrecht School of the Arts
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Dark Room Sex Game
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B.U.T.T.O.N.
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Johann Sebastian JoustPhoto by Bennett Foddy
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Folk games, Festivity
and Subversive
game design
Douglas WilsonDie Gute Fabrik
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“Doing Ridiculous shit
with Technology”
Douglas WilsonDie Gute Fabrik
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Dog The Wag
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Photo via Joanna Gubman
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Photo via Joanna Gubman
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Folk Games
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Folk games:
“Traditional, ethnic, or indigenous sports and games”
but may also include
“new activities that are based on traditional practices.”
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Folk games:
– Simple– Common equipment (if any)– Spread by word of mouth– “House rules”
– Physical– Silly!
Photo via Invisible Playground
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“Modern Sport”
– “Ritual of the perfect achievement”– Setting records
“POPULAR SPORT”
– Festive– Unserious–Anyone can get involved
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Folk Game as “Attitude”Photo by Natalie Seery
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The Joy of Subversion
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Beacons of Hope
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Photo by Bryan Ma
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Johann Sebastian JoustPhoto via GameCity
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Photo by Dean Tate
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Embracing Technological
LimitationsPhoto by Dean Tate
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Deputizing the playerPhoto by Natalie Seery
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Aesthetic of
Imperfection
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“The grotesque body displays what is imperfect in human form. The fool and the carnival are images of things going ‘wrong’ in life…
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… All this gives birth to laughter, which is thus linked to a deep recognition of human failure and blurs the edges between success and failure that are sharpened by the modern culture of perfection”
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Motion control as
slapstick comedyPhoto by Jeriaska
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Playing the FoolPhoto by Natalie Seery
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Illustration by Jon Boam
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technologyimprovegames
How can
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technologyimprovegames
How can
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Photo via IndieCade
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gamesimprove
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