Stay ConnectedWelcome to Ludology, an analytical discussion of the how’s and why’s of the world of board games. Rather than news and reviews, Ludology explores a variety of topics about games from a wider lens, and discusses game history, game design and game players.
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Copyright: © Geoff Engelstein, Sen-Foong Lim, and Erica Bouyouris
For their first show as a duo, Gil and Geoff revisit the question posed in the very first episode of Ludology - What is a game?
The answer may surprise you.
Duration: 1:23:24
New Content! Geoff interviews Eric Janszen, the CEO of VirZoom.
VirZoom makes a Virtual Reality exercise bike, that interfaces with all the major VR platforms, and uses games to keep people exercising. What lessons have they learned about gaming and engagement?
Duration 25:39
Changes! We bid a fond farewell to Mike, and a big hello to Gil!
Duration: 1:25:22
New content! Geoff interviews Rogelio Cardona-Rivera, a researcher at North Carolina State, about Procedural Narrative Generation - systems that can create and manipulate story structure in a game on the fly.
For more information, please check out http://rogel.io and http://storygen.org
Duration: 32:58
Mike and Geoff are pleased to welcome Justin Jacobson from Restoration Games, to talk about what they've learned from bringing older games back for a modern audience.
Duration: 1:01:35
In this classic GameTek, Geoff looks at games that help improve teamwork.
Duration: 05:41
Mike and Geoff are pleased to welcome guest J.R. Honeycutt, to discuss the role of the Developer in the game design and publication process.
Duration 59:25
In this classic GameTek Geoff discusses some techniques for estimating things in your head.
Duration 6:19
Mike and Geoff field a bevy of listener questions.
Duration: 1:10:21
In this classic GameTek Geoff looks at how the language people use can give clues to their treachery.
Duration: 6:32
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