The Witness and the Philosophy of Puzzles

The Witness and the Philosophy of Puzzles

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The Talos Principle
Game:
The Talos Principle (2014)
Duration: 10:52
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Puzzles have been used by cultures through the ages, to inspire religious revelations, treatises on math, or to simply peer into the machinery of our minds. However, how puzzles acquire their meanings is contingent on the values embedded in the culture they arise from. This Video explores the philosophy of puzzles, how puzzles communicate ideas and values, and what this means for our species. Perhaps in puzzles we might find a template for how to revolutionize thinking itself.

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Sources

-The Puzzle Instinct , Marcel Danesi

- Dynamics , Clint Hocking GDC
https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1014597/Dynamics-The-State-of-the

- Hearts and minds , Frank Lantz GDC talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrO5IGoPgcw

- Designing to reveal the nature of the Universe , Jonathan Blow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGSeLSmOALU

-Empuzzlement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul_ZfzfHRek

-Zachtronics gdc talks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4uH1ynH3Rs&t=14s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH7gL3ivgFA

- The Making of the Talos Principle , GDC talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYnkVKpvBZc

-Trickster makes this World , Lewis Hyde

- Homo Ludens, Johann Huizinga

- The Humor Code , Joel Warner and Peter McGraw

- Surfaces and Essences , Douglas Hofstadter and Emmanuel Sander

- The Unbearable Now, an interpretation of the Witness , Electron Dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOJC62t4JfA&t=1525s

- Examining the Witness , Jackson Wagner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vhjIOG0liU&t=3s



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