Oct 15, 2025
my actual reaction after reading Homo Ludens, having heard from everyone and their mom about how it's a classic, foundational book to the field of game studies:
#seriously it's so fucking bad like holy shit#i have beef with johan huizinga#game studies#game design#ludology#like ok#heres the thing right#i know it's the first big book on games#so it's had influence just by that metric#but this book is so fucking bad#this motherfucker#looks us in the eye#and tells us that#war is play#culture as a whole is a form of play#but professional football#is not a game#it doesnt count#this motherfucker istg#homo ludens