# The Aesthetic of Play

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- Book: [The Aesthetic of Play](https://www.bookquiver.com/brian-upton/the-aesthetic-of-play) ([The Aesthetic of Play.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/brian-upton/the-aesthetic-of-play.md))
- Authors: [Brian Upton](https://www.bookquiver.com/brian-upton)
- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6254-263-0
- Pages: 336
- Published: 2021-02-02
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A game designer considers the experience of play, why games have rules, and the relationship of play and narrative. The impulse toward play is very ancient, not only pre-cultural but pre-human; zoologists...