PvI#24: Game Time w/ C. Thi Nguyen
Publisher |
BackBeat Media
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Comedy
Improv
Philosophy
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Jan 17, 2022
Episode Duration |
01:11:58

The philosopher of games joins us for a frustration game. What is a game, anyway? We ask dumb questions on a museum tour. 

Mark philosophizes at partiallyexaminedlife.com.

Bill improvises (and teaches) at chicagoimprovstudio.com.

Hear more Philosophy vs. Improv. Support the podcast to get all our post-game discussions and other bonus stuff.

The philosopher of games joins us for a frustration game. What is a game, anyway? We ask dumb questions on a museum tour.  Mark philosophizes at partiallyexaminedlife.com. Bill improvises (and teaches) at chicagoimprovstudio.com. Hear more Philosophy vs. Improv. Support the podcast to get all our post-game discussions and other bonus stuff.

Thi is a philosopher of games, making him a perfect match for this podcast. Why are games worthy of philosophical study? What counts as a game, anyway? We play a frustration game, finish each others’ sentences, and ask dumb questions on a museum tour. It’s an unusually discussion-focused episode!

Picture is by Zahra, grabbed from this article. Audio editing by Tyler Hislop of Pixel Box Media.

Thi sticks around for the post-game, and we talk about gaming rules, algorithms, quantification, RPGs (he recommends Apocalypse World and Microscope RPG). Bill recommends Painting with John. Get all of our post-game discussions by signing up to support us at philosophyimprov.com/support.

Hear Thi on Mark’s Pretty Much Pop podcast talking about food culture.

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