Is Art a Game? C. Thi Nguyen Answers Our Questions About Philosophy, Process, and Play
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C. Thi Nguyen discusses the intersection of art and games, exploring themes of process art, empathy, and his new book.
Episode 255- Art and Games with C. Thi Nguyen Professor C. Thi Nguyen returns to the pod! We discuss process art, getting good, value capture, empathy, and his new book The Score. Timestamps 2:00- about The Score10:00- art is a game18:30- how games affect us25:00- depth and difficulty32:30- getting good45:00- empathy and intimacy53:00- value capture1:03:30- process art1:18:00- closing thoughts Preplanners Next week is a discussion of Isle of Skye! Music and Sound Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/. Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA Intermission Music:music elevator ext part 1/3 by Jay_You -- https://freesound.org/s/467243/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Bell with Crows by MKzing -- https://freesound.org/s/474266/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 hammer v2.wav by…
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