Monthly Archives: January 2015

On Huizinga

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Oh You, I thought while reading Huizinga’s Homo Ludens. You’re almost there. Almost.

About Me

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Hello everyone! My name is Chantal, I am a super senior and pursuing a degree in History with a minor in psychology. My husband is the gamer of my relationship, and I avoid it like the plague.  Having said this, strategy board games are a favorite past time.  The more complicated the better!  Zombicide is…

First Reading Response

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I found this weeks readings to be pretty stimulating as far as how I think about what it means to “play.” Houzinga’s piece “Homo Ludens” was especially conductive for my thoughts about what it means to play. I especially like how he recalls that the activity of “play” existed long before humans were ever around.…

Introduction

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Hi there. My name is Oliver Manning and I am a Senior at MSU in History. I have been playing video games for almost my whole life, though I have focused primarily on non Japanese and Asian titles, having never owned a Nintendo Console. I am looking forward to this course and to being able to…

Introduction

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My name is Anya and I am from Missoula Mt. studying in my thrid year of History at MSU. I don’t have any experience in video gaming other than games played on computers in grade school like, as many of you have already mentioned, Oregon Trail etc. I’ve played soccer all my life and enjoyed playing…

A little about me

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Hello everyone my name is Maria. Maria is a pseudonym I have decided to use for this course as I am more comfortable with using it online than my own personal name. I am a History-Teaching Option major with an Asia Studies Minor on the way. I enjoy playing video games on a casual basis…

An intro from the overlord (“overlord”)

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Since I demanded all of you do a self-introduction (thank you to everyone that has posted thus far!), I thought it was only fair that I do my own – even though I babbled at you plenty at our introductory course meeting. I am a modern Chinese cultural historian: my primary work currently is on…

My introduction

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Hi everyone. My name is Alan, and I’m a senior history major. I don’t have a long history with gaming; I have never gamed on a computer (aside from Oregon trail) and didn’t own a console until the first Xbox, although I spent time playing on N64’s at friends’ houses. That said, I still play…

My Wonderful Informative Post

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My name is Caitlin. I originally come from Vancouver, WA. I’m a senior studying History (specifically United States) and museum studies. My knowledge in the gaming department comes from experience and minor studying on certain game stories and game history. My favorite color is green. I like to bake and make jewelry. Although, most of my…