Some games are interactive, while others are purely passive. Games can be fun, educational, or a combination of both. They can be played online or…

Human communities have long engaged in sports. The ancient Greeks, Chinese, and Aztecs engaged in games, contests, and ritual performances with balls. Today, ball games…

The Simpson Center for the Humanities is a multidisciplinary institute that fosters cross-disciplinary inquiry among UW faculty members. The group’s study of video games explores…

Throughout history, people have tried to define beauty by trying to make others like them. The word beauty is ambiguous; it can mean anything from…

Games are an important part of human culture, and have existed as far back as prehistoric times. They are also culturally universal. While there is…

In most cases, sports involve competition. The results of a sport are judged subjectively by the participants, but it is possible to grade the performance…

With an internet connection and a mobile phone, people are increasingly turning to games on the go. In the early 2000s, games like Fortnite became…

While there is an abundance of definitions of beauty, most of them involve comparing the aesthetic properties of objects with those of other arts. The…