Displaying 5 items of Play Saves the World with the tag "bernard suits".
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Episode 25: Reflections on Teaching a College Class on Board Gaming
March 5th, 2023 | 52 mins 21 secs
bernard suits, game theory, mcgonigal, teaching
Kevin reflects on his experience teaching a college class on board game theory and religion. He and Daniel unpack what he's learned from the experience of selecting material, teaching game mechanisms, and exploring game theory.
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Episode 10: The Game of Life
July 24th, 2022 | 1 hr 3 mins
bernard suits, game theory, grace, grasshopper
We wrap up our discussion of Bernard Suits' seminal book The Grasshopper. What are the implications of approaching human life as a game? We unpack some of Suits' terms and ideas regarding utopia as a place where we only play games, and the threat that utopia is always under.
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Episode 9: Is Winning the Point?
July 10th, 2022 | 57 mins 36 secs
bernard suits, game theory, grace, grasshopper
Daniel and Kevin tackle the obvious question: is wining the point of playing games? How does a desire to win relate to the desire to have an enjoyable gaming experience, and what spiritual realities are present when we strive to be humble and gracious at a gaming table where the object is to win the game?
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Episode 7: Book Club! The Grasshopper ch. 3 and Defining Games
June 12th, 2022 | 55 mins 54 secs
bernard suits, book club, delight, game theory, obstsacles, quran
What is a game, and why might it matter? Suits says that games are "the voluntary attempt to overcome unnecessary obstacles,"
and we mull over this, along with wondering if there is any basis for thinking God delights in games too. -
Episode 4: Book Club! The Grasshopper by Bernard Suits ch. 1
May 1st, 2022 | 52 mins 49 secs
bernard suits, game theory, grasshopper, sabbath
Are $5K board gaming tables worth it? And what do we make of Bernard Suits' book The Grasshopper ch. 1, where the Grasshopper gladly dies in the winter for having played too many games?