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PvI#24: Game Time w/ C. Thi Nguyen

January 17, 2022 by Mark 3 Comments

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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.

Filed Under: Aesthetics, Philosopher Guest, PvI episode Tagged With: improv comedy, improv podcast, philosophy of games, philosophy podcast, Thi Tguyen

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