{"id":893,"date":"2010-02-08T14:49:36","date_gmt":"2010-02-08T19:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/?p=893"},"modified":"2010-02-28T16:48:42","modified_gmt":"2010-02-28T21:48:42","slug":"alex-galloway-speaks-at-the-nyu-game-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/2010\/02\/08\/alex-galloway-speaks-at-the-nyu-game-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Galloway speaks at the NYU Game Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-894\" style=\"margin-right: 6px;\" title=\"AlexGalloway\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/AlexGalloway.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"111\" height=\"165\" \/>On <strong>February 18th<\/strong> the NYU Game Center will be hosting  a lecture by writer, programmer, and media theorist <strong>Alex  Galloway<\/strong> on the long connection between philosophy and games.<\/p>\n<p>For centuries philosophers have explored the concepts of &#8220;game&#8221; and &#8220;play,&#8221; from poet Friedrich Schiller&#8217;s notion of the &#8220;play-drive&#8221; to  cultural historian Johan Huizinga&#8217;s image of &#8220;the human as player.&#8221; In  this presentation we will explore the interplay between philosophy and  games in these and other writers, ending with a quick introduction to  the contemporary trend known as &#8220;object-oriented philosophy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Galloway will give a short lecture followed by an interview by  Game Center <strong>Director Frank Lantz<\/strong>, and will then take  questions from the audience.<\/p>\n<p>Feb. 18, 6pm &#8211; 8pm<br \/>\n721 Broadway, Room 006, lower level<br \/>\nRSVP: gamecenter@nyu.edu<\/p>\n<p><strong>Refreshments will be served<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 18th the NYU Game Center will be hosting a lecture by writer, programmer, and media theorist Alex Galloway on the long connection between philosophy and games. For centuries philosophers have explored the concepts of &#8220;game&#8221; and &#8220;play,&#8221; from poet Friedrich Schiller&#8217;s notion of the &#8220;play-drive&#8221; to cultural historian Johan Huizinga&#8217;s image of &#8220;the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/2010\/02\/08\/alex-galloway-speaks-at-the-nyu-game-center\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Alex Galloway speaks at the NYU Game Center&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}