Tag: Play
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Role-Playing Queer Assemblages Amidst Capitalist Ruins
in EssaysNat Mesnard’s new game, Assemblage, allows players to build and role-play an imaginary multispecies universe. Even more interesting than the creatures themselves: the stunning meditation they elicit on extinction, grief, and collaborative, queer survival in the Anthropocene.
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Play Nature in These Six (More) Board Games
in ChecklistsNate Carlin is back to review six (more) nature-themed board games: the worlds they construct and the ecological stories they tell.
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Getting Kinky With Ecology
in EssaysDeveloping a theory of kink ecology, Madeleine Bavley imagines a more pleasurable future for the environmental movement.
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What A Card Game Teaches Us About Moving Through A City
in EssaysThe geography of a city can compel people to behave in predictable patterns. A new card game challenges players to rethink and explore urban spaces.
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Bizarre Beauty… in the Background: Video Game Nature in Final Fantasy XII
in EssaysCan playing video games encourage gamers to think differently about their relationships to the non-human world? A close study of Final Fantasy XII shows how video games represent nature—and argues for ways they could be improved from an environmentalist standpoint.