Ludic

I've adopted the term ludic-contract because I think that that gets to the heart of things. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Even though I have pretty much jettisoned many of Black's conclusions, his call for what he refers to as the ludic lifestyle remains refreshing. ❋ Daj42 (2006)

For example, illegal activity, even in a so-called ludic world, can be acted upon by authority, whether public or private, from system administration to ISP to an actual law enforcement division regardless of the degree of _implied anonymity_. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr., in The Seven Beauties of Science Fiction (2008), argues that his idea of SF, which derives primarily from Darko Suvin (and is effectively SF as "hard SF"), is actually restrictive -- it reduces SF to the necessity of rigid scientific plausibility, when in fact SF is a much more varied genre and mode and tradition, and is just as much characterized by "ludic" elements (i.e., spontaneity, playfulness). ❋ Unknown (2009)

In between the excellent story elements, the "ludic" or play narrative affords the freedom to do a variety of activities. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It is a kind of ludic variety of the Spanish language that we speak in Argentina. ❋ DC (2010)

By putting the exhibition in a playful context (I'm going to resist using the word "ludic"), it makes it easier to approach the works of art in the right spirit. ❋ Amuchmoreexotic (2008)

I don't disagree that *games* may have this character, but if they do, then they are no longer "ludic" in the sense intended by Huizinga. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Gadamer could be interesting here, as could a closer reading of Caillois or Huizinga who coins the neologism "ludic", which unfortunately isn't present in the English translation. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Putting it that way points to "ludic" as a (varying) characteristic of a social domain (SL, SimsOnline), rather than as something which should get us thinking first and foremost about the (heroic) experiencing individual. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Next thing you'll be using the word "ludic" instead of "playful", and -- * ow*. ❋ Hal Duncan (2006)

Google lists about 370k hits for "ludic," as opposed to just over 1k for "ludenic." ❋ Walter Jon Williams (2008)

When we categorize a world as "ludic", we discount the value of social responsibility. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Wineburg notes the "ludic" nature-right down to reading with silly voices-of a skilled historian's engagement with primary texts. ❋ Rob (2010)

But even to the extent that strange fiction has been, I think, in the backlash against Modernism, rejected by proponents of Contemporary Realism and so marginalised -- either rendered safe by the "ludic" cop-out of pomo experimentalism ( "It's all just a clever game, see. ❋ Hal Duncan (2007)

Pleasure reading is also known as "ludic reading." ❋ Unknown (2009)

It seems like this isn't about single player vs. multiplayer games, it's about narrative games vs. ludic games (i.e. two legs of Michael's gaming tripod). ❋ SVGL (2009)

So goes the lore, at least, in Glen Duncan's gorily ludic romp. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The anti-heroic aesthetics of ludic activist practices are indeed appealing for those who have grown weary of the over-used rhetoric of the left. ❋ Benjamin Shepard (2011)

Those [shoes] are ludic. [Your ass] is [soo] big, it's ludic. ❋ Dan Bush (2006)

"she made [the team]?" "[thats] [LUDIC]!" ❋ Jmaddd (2008)

"A [ludicely] [loves] [chocolate]" funny ❋ Hello410 (2011)

Person 1: Want to 69? Person 2: Of course my love! Within this system of the global social factory, my [ingenious] [logistical] adaptability has [enabled] me to perform the Ludic Loop to perfection! ❋ Yair Rubinstein (2023)

glupic: e hocemol [na] prvi sedam: de [ba] sedam i glupic: [ma] ludic ❋ Viklerovci (2023)