PAUSE: Want to understand why we play games? Here’s five minutes of copyright-infringing goodness to answer.
-Jamin Warren
-Jamin Warren
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Christine Sun Kim's MacArthur brings games one step closer
The fellowship citation names a playable installation, and the artist's voice-controlled speech therapy remake runs in your browser now.
Game engines meet stagecraft in dmstfctn’s Rhizome talk
Also, a purgatory for cheating AIs built as a theatre, where the audience runs the lights by phone.
Code is a plaything in Daniel Temkin’s esolangs
Natasha Chuk’s new essay reads esoteric programming languages through Oulipo, Aarseth’s ergodics, and Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy.
A MAZE. / Berlin 2027: May 5–8, with 200 early-bird tickets
The arthouse-games festival whose lineup predicts a year of coverage sets its 16th edition; award submissions may open as early as December.