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author: Miguel Sicart
category: technology
date: '2025-10-07'
description: examines videogames and software as play machines, asking how code, rules, and interfaces shape human agency and cultural meaning.
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title: 'Playing Software: Homo Ludens in Computational Culture'
year: 2023
authors: Miguel Sicart
created: '2025-10-07'
published: '2025-10-07'
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