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May 20, 2025

Walter Benjamin and the Aura of Play in the Digital Age

ArticleWalter BenjaminGame DesignPlay TheoryMedia TheoryDigital CultureAuraGame StudiesProcedural Generation

How Walter Benjamin's concept of 'aura' twists, morphs, and finds new life when art becomes live, networked, moddable play—exploring digital reproduction, PCG, and the shift from object-aura to event-aura.

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May 14, 2025

Instrumentalization of Play, Gaming and Video Games

ArticleInsightInstrumentalizationGame DesignGamificationPlay TheoryLudic Literacy

Not a lament for the future of games, but a call to recognize and seize the overlooked opportunities created by their transformation—and to understand why instrumental literacy is the new creative edge.

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May 1, 2025

What Does Wittgensteino Calculate? Does It Even Mean Anything?

ArticleExplainerLinguisticsAIPsychometricsLanguage AnalysisMachine LearningMobile Development

A deep dive into the metrics, meaning, and neuro-linguistic roots behind Wittgensteino—the app that turns your WhatsApp chaos into playful, psychometric scores, all on-device.

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April 21, 2025

If Bertolt Brecht Were Alive, He Would Make Video Games!

ArticleInsightBrechtVideo GamesTheatreCritical TheoryGame StudiesEstrangement Effect

A playful exploration of how Brecht’s theories of estrangement, critical realism, and epic theater find their most natural home in interactive digital worlds—and why video games may have already surpassed his revolutionary vision.

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