Who, What, Why? S23.E04 :: Does What Happens in Game Stay in Game?
Jul 20, 2020
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