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(E) Re: how about anarchist alternatives in games?
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 09:44:14 0100
>From: Jacob Visser <j.visser-AT-olivetti.be>
At 13:22 97/01/22 0100, you wrote:
>Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 22:03:46 -0600 (CST)
>From: "stiobhard" <stiobhard-AT-mail.utexas.edu>
>
>hello:
>
>i would be interested in hearing about any research that people have seen or
>just personal feelings people have on more libertarian methods to be used
>in games. i have found more than a few books on cooperative games... but
>these are nearly entirely based on physical action type games... ie, sports.
>what i am most interested in are card games, board games and strategy
>games, etc. which usually involve point systems or ranking systems or
>encourage accumulating "things" in ways that are not very anarchist. any
>pointers at how to undo some of these structures without removing the entire
>momentum of the game? i would be interested in people's comments in this
>area.
>
>stiobhard
>
You could read a few articles by Douglas R. Hofstader published in the
Scientific American. In August 1982 there was an article about number games,
one of which involves being mediocre. In May 1983 he wrote an article about
co-operative games and in June 1983 another one about a luring lottery. All
these articles show concern about co-operation. You can find these articles
in sections VI and VII together with more comments in the book Metamagical
Themas by Hofstader.
Jacob.
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>From: Jacob Visser <j.visser-AT-olivetti.be>
At 13:22 97/01/22 0100, you wrote:
>Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 22:03:46 -0600 (CST)
>From: "stiobhard" <stiobhard-AT-mail.utexas.edu>
>
>hello:
>
>i would be interested in hearing about any research that people have seen or
>just personal feelings people have on more libertarian methods to be used
>in games. i have found more than a few books on cooperative games... but
>these are nearly entirely based on physical action type games... ie, sports.
>what i am most interested in are card games, board games and strategy
>games, etc. which usually involve point systems or ranking systems or
>encourage accumulating "things" in ways that are not very anarchist. any
>pointers at how to undo some of these structures without removing the entire
>momentum of the game? i would be interested in people's comments in this
>area.
>
>stiobhard
>
You could read a few articles by Douglas R. Hofstader published in the
Scientific American. In August 1982 there was an article about number games,
one of which involves being mediocre. In May 1983 he wrote an article about
co-operative games and in June 1983 another one about a luring lottery. All
these articles show concern about co-operation. You can find these articles
in sections VI and VII together with more comments in the book Metamagical
Themas by Hofstader.
Jacob.
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