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How players evoke personal and subjective meanings through a new theory of player response.  In The Well-Read Game: On Playing Thoughtfully (MIT Press, 2025), Tracy Fullerton and Matthew Farber explore the experiences we have when we play games: not the outcomes of play or the aesthetics of formal game structures but the ephemeral and emotional experiences of being in play. These are the private stories we tell ourselves as we play, the questions we ask, and our reactions to the game's intent. These experiences are called “readings” because they involve so many of the aspects of engaging with literary, cinematic, and other expressive texts. A game that is experienced in such a way can be called “well-read,” rather than, or as well as, “well-played,” because of the personal, interpretive nature of that experience and the way in which it relates to our reading of texts of all kinds. The concept of the “well-read game” exists at the convergence of literary, media, and play theories—specifically, the works of Louise Rosenblatt's reader-response theory, Brian Upton's situational game theory, Tracy Fullerton's playcentric design theory, and Bernie DeKoven's well-played game philosophy. Each of these theories, from their own perspective, challenges notions of a separate, objective, or authorial meaning in a text and underscores the richness that arises from the varied responses of readers, who coauthor the meaning of each text through their active engagement with it. When taken together, these theories point to a richer understanding of what a game is and how we might better value our experiences with games to become more thoughtful readers of their essential meanings. Rudolf Thomas Inderst (*1978) enjoys video games since 1985. He received a master's degree in political science, American cultural studies as well as contemporary and recent history from Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich and holds two PhDs in game studies (LMU & University of Passau). Currently, he's teaching as a professor for game design and game studies at the University of Applied Sciences Neu-Ulm, has submitted his third dissertation at the University of Vechta, holds the position as lead editor at the online journal Titel kulturmagazin for the game section, hosts the German local radio show Replay Value and is editor of the weekly game research newsletter DiGRA D-A-CH Game Studies Watchlist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/communications

How players evoke personal and subjective meanings through a new theory of player response.  In The Well-Read Game: On Playing Thoughtfully (MIT Press, 2025), Tracy Fullerton and Matthew Farber explore the experiences we have when we play games: not the outcomes of play or the aesthetics of formal game structures but the ephemeral and emotional experiences of being in play. These are the private stories we tell ourselves as we play, the questions we ask, and our reactions to the game's intent. These experiences are called “readings” because they involve so many of the aspects of engaging with literary, cinematic, and other expressive texts. A game that is experienced in such a way can be called “well-read,” rather than, or as well as, “well-played,” because of the personal, interpretive nature of that experience and the way in which it relates to our reading of texts of all kinds. The concept of the “well-read game” exists at the convergence of literary, media, and play theories—specifically, the works of Louise Rosenblatt's reader-response theory, Brian Upton's situational game theory, Tracy Fullerton's playcentric design theory, and Bernie DeKoven's well-played game philosophy. Each of these theories, from their own perspective, challenges notions of a separate, objective, or authorial meaning in a text and underscores the richness that arises from the varied responses of readers, who coauthor the meaning of each text through their active engagement with it. When taken together, these theories point to a richer understanding of what a game is and how we might better value our experiences with games to become more thoughtful readers of their essential meanings. Rudolf Thomas Inderst (*1978) enjoys video games since 1985. He received a master's degree in political science, American cultural studies as well as contemporary and recent history from Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich and holds two PhDs in game studies (LMU & University of Passau). Currently, he's teaching as a professor for game design and game studies at the University of Applied Sciences Neu-Ulm, has submitted his third dissertation at the University of Vechta, holds the position as lead editor at the online journal Titel kulturmagazin for the game section, hosts the German local radio show Replay Value and is editor of the weekly game research newsletter DiGRA D-A-CH Game Studies Watchlist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/popular-culture

How players evoke personal and subjective meanings through a new theory of player response.  In The Well-Read Game: On Playing Thoughtfully (MIT Press, 2025), Tracy Fullerton and Matthew Farber explore the experiences we have when we play games: not the outcomes of play or the aesthetics of formal game structures but the ephemeral and emotional experiences of being in play. These are the private stories we tell ourselves as we play, the questions we ask, and our reactions to the game's intent. These experiences are called “readings” because they involve so many of the aspects of engaging with literary, cinematic, and other expressive texts. A game that is experienced in such a way can be called “well-read,” rather than, or as well as, “well-played,” because of the personal, interpretive nature of that experience and the way in which it relates to our reading of texts of all kinds. The concept of the “well-read game” exists at the convergence of literary, media, and play theories—specifically, the works of Louise Rosenblatt's reader-response theory, Brian Upton's situational game theory, Tracy Fullerton's playcentric design theory, and Bernie DeKoven's well-played game philosophy. Each of these theories, from their own perspective, challenges notions of a separate, objective, or authorial meaning in a text and underscores the richness that arises from the varied responses of readers, who coauthor the meaning of each text through their active engagement with it. When taken together, these theories point to a richer understanding of what a game is and how we might better value our experiences with games to become more thoughtful readers of their essential meanings. Rudolf Thomas Inderst (*1978) enjoys video games since 1985. He received a master's degree in political science, American cultural studies as well as contemporary and recent history from Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich and holds two PhDs in game studies (LMU & University of Passau). Currently, he's teaching as a professor for game design and game studies at the University of Applied Sciences Neu-Ulm, has submitted his third dissertation at the University of Vechta, holds the position as lead editor at the online journal Titel kulturmagazin for the game section, hosts the German local radio show Replay Value and is editor of the weekly game research newsletter DiGRA D-A-CH Game Studies Watchlist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In this episode, we start out with an RSI featuring resident Brian Upton. After that, we talk to Dr. Maggie Mechlin about her experience as chief patient safety officer, and her thoughts on root cause analysis as a tool to fix problems.

Brian Upton teaches from 2 Cor. 13:5-13.

In today's episode, I hosted Brian Upton on the podcast. Brian is an INSPIRATION. As a 71-year-old cancer survivor, he is currently preparing to run 7 marathons, in 7 days, in 7 states of Australia for the Braveheart's Foundation.  Brian loves to ‘hug the hard yards' and is the epitome of hard work and discipline. Each week he puts in anywhere from 70-100km of running, plus multiple strength, swimming, and recovery sessions.  Brian believes we should all be striving to be the best we can be and help others because we never know when will be our last day. If you think you're too old to run or to exercise in general and you've let your health and fitness slip, then Brian is here to fire you up and to get you back on track !If you'd like to donate to the Bravehearts Foundation and support Brian in his amazing mission, please do so ⁠here. ⁠ - Sean Bell, First42K Co-Founder, Run Coach, and Podcast Host. If you enjoy this podcast, please leave a review and share it with others! Unlock your FREE one-week trial with us at ⁠https://first42k.com.au⁠. We help you fall in love with running! Programs start at just $9.95 per week! Brian on Instagram - ⁠https://www.instagram.com/brianuppy_⁠ Sean on Instagram - ⁠https://instagram.com/seanbell__⁠ First42k on Instagram - ⁠https://instagram.com/first42k⁠ Get 10% OFF HGG Performance equipment with the discount code 'FIRST42K' - ⁠https://hggperformance.com/?sca_ref=2668029.WRm9yj3Xud⁠  

Between 1.3 and 1.1 billion years ago, magma from the Earth's mantle intruded into a continent during the assembly of the supercontinent called Nuna. Through good fortune, the dykes and central complexes that resulted have been preserved in near-pristine condition in what is now the south of Greenland. The dykes are extraordinarily thick, and the central complexes contain an order of magnitude more exotic minerals than otherwise similar complexes around the world. In the podcast, Brian Upton describes what he found during over 20 seasons of field work there and explains how extreme fractionation of the magma might be responsible for the one-of-a-kind central complexes. Brian Upton is Emeritus Professor of Geology at the University of Edinburgh. During his long and prolific research career, he has conducted field studies in many parts of the world, concentrating especially on the Arctic. But throughout his career he has continued to investigate the unique alkaline rocks of South Greenland. As he explains in the podcast, these rocks contain an unrivalled number of exotic minerals, many of them not known to occur anywhere else. Web: geologybites.com Twitter: @geology_bites Insta: geologybites email: geologybitespodcast@gmail.com

Kyle T. Johnson is the Sales Manager at Thunderful Games, a games distribution and development company based in Sweden. I met Kyle at PAX East 2022 and he agreed to come on the podcast and discuss publisher/developer relations, and what Thunderful Games is all about. Many indie devs do not understand the benefits to acquiring a publisher, so this episode is designed to educate.  I am a huge fan of Thunderful Games. I have interviewed a few people who have made games published by Thunderful, including Alexandra Dahlberg, Gabe Miller, Daniel Wagner, and Oliver Ulrich for the games Lost In Random, Firegirl, White Shadows, and Say No! More, respectively.  I hope you find value in this episode. As stated before, my only goal here is to educate my listeners (and myself). Here are the resources that Kyle recommends in the episode: "Thirty Things I Hate About Your Game Pitch" by Brian Upton: https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1023998/Thirty-Things-I-Hate-About "What a good (and bad) indie game publishing deal looks like" by Tyler Wilde: https://www.pcgamer.com/what-a-good-and-bad-indie-game-publishing-deal-looks-like/ The GameDiscoverCo newsletter: https://newsletter.gamediscover.co/ Kyle on Twitter: @thunderfulkyle Thunderful on Twitter: @thunderfulgames Thunderful on the web: https://thunderfulgames.com/ Follow IGI on Twitter: @IndieGameINTL Consider supporting IGI via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/indiegameINTL

Angela is joined by the Director of Counseling Services at Evangel University, Brian Upton, who discusses how he helps students to not only acclimate to college life and process any anxiety and homesickness, but also how he would describe the ethos present at Evangel University, why people are attracted to the institution, and how he guides students through the admissions process all the way to graduation. Learn more about Brian and Evangel University at www.evangel.edu

In this episode of the podcast, Brian Upton sits down with Tell Us Something Executive Director Marc Moss to talk about his story “Parting Ways with Henry Miller in Egypt”, which he told live onstage at The Top Hat Lounge in Missoula, MT in June 2015. The theme that night was “Oops! I Changed my Mind!”. His story was recorded in front of a live audience was recorded on June 9th, 2015 at the Top Hat Lounge in Missoula, MT. They also talk about his extended family in Egypt, about Henry Miller and separating the art from the artist, and about the atmosphere at a Tell Us Something live in-person event. Brian Upton buys Henry Miller's Tropic of Capricorn at Shakespeare and Company in Paris, France. He begins reading the book in Alexandria and discovers that the book is considered pornography in Egypt. Brian is originally from the Great Lakes country and came to Missoula from Indonesia in the mid-90s to go to the University of Montana.  He has since discovered that Butte is the more interesting place, but is settling for Missoula anyway.

Evangel University in Springfield, Missouri, is a shining example of how a university can support its student body in a difficult time. In this third of seven episodes in the "Evangel University Voices" series, Brian Upton, director of counseling services, talks with host Chris Johnson about how the school has helped students handle stress in a healthy way during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In this episode, we hear more from Brian Upton, Emeritus Professor at the University of Edinburgh, about his expeditions to Northeast and North Greenland with the Geological Survey of Greenland, in environments in stark contrast to where he had been working in South Greenland.

In this episode, we hear more from Brian Upton, Professor of geology at the University of Edinburgh, about his early years as a researcher when the theory of plate tectonics was being developed, his time at Caltech, in Iceland, La Reunion, and his experiences on returning to Greenland investigating plate tectonic links between in northwest Greenland and Arctic Canada.

In this episode, we hear more from Brian Upton, Emeritus Professor of Geology at the University of Edinburgh, about working on the unusual alkaline igneous rocks of the Gardar Province in in South Greenland in the 1950s and later.

In this episode, we hear from Brian Upton, Emeritus Professor of Geology at the University of Edinburgh, about starting out in South Greenland with the Geological Survey of Greenland in 1955, and what became a lifelong passion for researching and understanding the unique rare earth element-rich rocks of the Gardar Province, on which Brian would become a world expert, still publishing his research on their remarkable geology more than 60 years later.

Welcome to Polar Podcasts, where you'll hear stories from geologists who've spent their careers, their lives, exploring and studying the remarkable and remote geology of Greenland. Why did they become fascinated with Greenland? What were the problems and the discoveries that drove them? And what was it like working in these remote places, where few people venture, even now? Brian Upton – emeritus Professor of Geology at the University of Edinburgh – started working in South Greenland in 1955 and continues to publish research on its unique geology to this day.Inspired by early work on the emerging theory of plate tectonics while at Caltech in the 1960s, he was involved in testing the model in remote eastern and western North Greenland.Over the decades Brian worked in many parts of Greenland, together with the Geological Survey of Greenland. But throughout his career he has continued to return to the unique alkaline rocks of South Greenland, which remain his passion to this day.Polar Podcasts goes to air on August 4. Tune in and subscribe to hear Brian Upton and other career Greenland geologists talk about their experiences working in Greenland over the decades.

Dom is back from overseas and joins Blake while they chat to inspiration Brian Upton. Brian is a successful triathlete who has some absolutely incredible life experiences and hilarious stories. While battling cancer Brian continued to train for his next Ironman race as well as qualify for his age category in the World Series. This is not one to miss. If you're searching for inspiration- this is your episode!

In this very serious episode we dive into the deep philosophical questions that plague our modern times. Are Pokémon real? Should we open these limited edition collectable Detective Pikachu cards? Are books good? Esteban’s book recommendations this week are “Situational Game Design” by Brian Upton, and “Fun, Taste and Games” by John Sharp and David […]

Brian Upton is an internationally-known game designer and game theorist with over 20 years of professional experience in the game industry.  For 14 years he worked as a senior game designer at Sony’s Santa Monica Studio where he collaborated with external teams on titles such as Fat Princess,Warhawk, Sorcery, Everybody Has Gone to the Rapture, Bound andHere They Lie.  Prior to joining Sony, he was the creative director at Red Storm Entertainment where he pioneered the tactical shooter genre as the lead designer on Rainbow Sixand Ghost Recon.  He is the author of two books on game design: The Aesthetic of Play and Situational Game Design. Currently he is working as a senior designer at Tangent Games.

It’s the last day for GDC X One Life Left presented by Gamasutra 2017 and we are all very sad, but luckily we have a sofa full of guests to cheer us up.   Today we talk pitches, perfecting vocal performances, and why there is blood on the walls and wine on Kris’ shoe.   Thanks to all our lovely guests, viewers and listeners. See you next year!   On the show were: Brian Upton, Game On The Rails Jon Ingold and Joe Humfrey, Inkle Tony Gowland, Ant Workshop Glen Gathard, Pinewood Studios Sarah Elmaleh, Freelance Voice Actor Stephen Barlow, Freelance Voice Actor James Parker, Ground Shatter Anisa Sanusi, Frontier Chris Wilson, Cardboard Sword Barbara Lippe, Entrez

Brian Upton (@bbupton) works at Sony Playstation and I learn about the Origin of DnD and then we get INTO it about The Aesthetics of Play. Why we play games!! Oddly, he has a book just out from MIT press called the Aesthetic of Play. We all know I have an hour comedy video out at right? Cuz I do. $5 download. It’s called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” because comedy is all about soul ;) … Own it today and forever. OR get a hard copy (or the CD) on the Merch page on my website.   You can DONATE to the dork forest. If you love the show and have $10/month to donate, and the memory to do it each month, do eet!! If you want to support the show in other ways, talk us up! Get a shirt or CD/DVD at or Credits: Audio leveling by Music is by Website design by : Really good Web designs. If you like a specific app – they are available with bonus content:  or . Libsyn is also just PUBLISHING the bonus content, for free, with Andy and I talking about the show for a sec, on tdf.libsyn.com… no App needed. There you go.