Art

Moominvalley in November

Moominvalley in November is a book I’ve been wanting to write about some November for a few years now. Yet…

Mongooses, Cockatrices, Magic Plants and the Evolution of a Story

On the origin of playing cards in “non-game” play

Öyvind Fahlström

Öyvind Fahlström (1928–1976) was a Swedish Multimedia artist who was greatly interested in using games in art. His interest in…

New Leaf Players First Show Retrospective

All Your Yesterdays: Using Art Games for Paleontology

The Game of Kabuki Theatre

I feel like in America (and perhaps the West entirely) there is a perception that anything form of art that both has a long history and is suitably “ethnic” can be regarded as outdated, inscrutable and most importantly, static. The perception seems to be that once they become old…

Play It By Trust, Yoko Ono

Yoko Ono’s Play It By Trust is an example of how conceptual art can be a game. Or it could be an example of how…

A Suit To Fit Every Man, or The Folly of Formalism

A few weeks ago, several people in the gaming industry/discussion circles created a controversy by declaring that certain people were not real game designers and their work was not real games. Instead, they were simply “zines” and there was a…