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Who, What, Why? S23.E04 :: Does What Happens in Game Stay in Game?

Published: July 20, 2020, 1 p.m.

Isaac Shalev and Greg Loring-Albright join me to talk about the Magic Circle, a concept originally mentioned by Huizinga in Homo Ludens and defined by Eric Zimmerman and Katie Salen. We try to break down what the concept means both academically and in practice. There are a lot of great resources in the show notes (blog post). Go to whowhatwhycast.tumblr.com. Show Notes: https://edt210gamestechsociety.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/salen-zimmerman-2004-core-concepts_-the-magic-circle.pdf https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/135063/jerked_around_by_the_magic_circle_.php https://www.jesperjuul.net/text/magiccirclepuzzlepiece.pdf https://twitter.com/nathanwpyle/status/1230674555796099072 https://cheezburger.com/9556997/strange-planet-comics-that-put-our-human-weirdness-on-display Credit: effect magic circle by Maxicons from the Noun Project & Game by ic2icon from the Noun Project