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Reading 'Homo Ludens' Chapter by Chapter — The Order and Tension Play Creates
Last time's 'magic circle' was only the entrance. From here I read the classic on play, 'Homo Ludens,' one chapter at a time, as a maker. Of the traits Huizinga lists in Chapter 1, two pillars I hadn't touched yet - order and tension - tested against Tetris and my own puzzles.
What Is Play? — Starting with Huizinga's Magic Circle
Making puzzles keeps bringing me back to the most basic question: what is play? What is fun? In this new series, I go ask the philosophers. Part 1 is Huizinga's magic circle — why people get dead serious inside a simple drawn line.