Mirek Stolee
@mirekstolee.bsky.social
Curator of tabletop games and puzzles at The Strong National Museum of Play | PhD candidate at UCF.
Collecting and researching board games and escape games! (he/they)
Collecting and researching board games and escape games! (he/they)
Reposted by Mirek Stolee
One of our goals is to write as if game studies was actually "game studies" and not "digital game studies with some nods towards non-digital games". This is why our examples span from Chess to Formula 1 and from Nomic to Call of Duty.
August 7, 2025 at 6:46 AM
One of our goals is to write as if game studies was actually "game studies" and not "digital game studies with some nods towards non-digital games". This is why our examples span from Chess to Formula 1 and from Nomic to Call of Duty.
Reposted by Mirek Stolee
Much appreciated!
And that's why it's free to download in the link below, we want people to read it and talk about it!
And that's why it's free to download in the link below, we want people to read it and talk about it!
The Rule Book: The Building Blocks of Games
How games are built on the foundations of rules, and how rules—of which there are only five kinds—really work.Board games to sports, digital games to party
direct.mit.edu
August 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Much appreciated!
And that's why it's free to download in the link below, we want people to read it and talk about it!
And that's why it's free to download in the link below, we want people to read it and talk about it!
Reposted by Mirek Stolee
In the article, I address very bluntly why the digital has been privileged over the analog in Game Studies, a move that has had detrimental effects on many designers, scholars, businesses, and communities. The AI Grift could happen because we first fell for the Glowing Screen Grift.
July 25, 2025 at 10:49 PM
In the article, I address very bluntly why the digital has been privileged over the analog in Game Studies, a move that has had detrimental effects on many designers, scholars, businesses, and communities. The AI Grift could happen because we first fell for the Glowing Screen Grift.