Games are pow­er­ful and impor­tant part­ly because they help us test out the lim­its of ordi­nary life. That’s why we play. And these free-to-play games allow us to feel the edges of the unholy real­i­ty of our cur­rent win­ner-take-all neo-Gild­ed Age.

Rage Against the Machines | Ian Bogost | The Baffler

Bogost on free-to-play games, argu­ing they are the lat­est incar­na­tion of a long line if swin­dles. Hard­ly a nov­el insight, but well-argued as usual.

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Kars Alfrink

Kars is a designer, researcher and educator focused on emerging technologies, social progress and the built environment.