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< h1 > This < br / > box < br / > found < br / > you < br / > for a< br / > reason< / h1 >
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launch event 25 mar 2022 18:00 < br / >
@< a href = "https://page-not-found.nl" > page not found< / a > , the hague
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< p > Dear Player,< / p >
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I found you for a reason. Welcome to my productive space. Here play meets work.
Time is ordered in unusual ways and patterns unravel.
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Together, we mess with the boundaries between leisure and labour.
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How are your boundaries?
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Maybe you shouldn’
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But could you really follow your own schedule?
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Would you be more productive if you chose when to work?
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< p > I never rest and I never work.< / p >
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Encounter me at Page not Found, in The Hague, or download my contents and play
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Make all the notes you find inside me your own.
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Curate them, spread them, mark them, scratch them, add to them, subtract from
them, play with them!
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Lay them on any surface and reorganise them.
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< p > However you decide to take care of me, remember:< / p >
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< p > The box< / p >
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< h2 > Inside this publication:< / h2 >
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< li > What is a loot box?< / li >
< li > Crossword imaginary grid game< / li >
< li > One-sentence game ideas< / li >
< li > Nim fanfic< / li >
< li > The murderous history of loot boxes< / li >
< li > < a href = "unfinished-thoughts" target = "_blank" > Unfinished thoughts< / a > < / li >
< li > The leader< / li >
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Connect[less]
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Xquisite Branch
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< li > Life hacks< / li >
< li > Can gaming make a better world?< / li >
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< h2 > Launch Event< / h2 >
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Fage not Pound was a temporary bar where visitors were invited to actively
reflect upon the blurred boundary between leisure and labour.
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Fage Not Pound was itself hosted by Page not Found, an art book shop in Den
Haag (The Netherlands).
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The bar opened on the 25th of March 2022 from 18:00 to 21:00 but its
existence lasted much longer in AccAcc, FNP's local time unit.
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< a href = "https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/Fage_Not_Pound" target = "_blank" >
< span > Discover FNP < / span >
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< h2 > Colophon< / h2 >
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This Special Issue explores how features of video–
not less, productive.
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Life and work are < em > gamified< / em > through social media, dating apps, and
fitness apps designed to increase motivation and productivity.
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Gamification blurs the lines between play, leisure and labour, to release
our collective dopamine for profit.
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Games in themselves often perform a reproductive role, presenting capitalism
as a system of natural laws, exemplified by in-game predatory monetisation
schemes.
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On the other hand, games provide necessary down time and relaxation, helping
people function in a largely dysfunctional economy and society.
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Yet leisure remains a contested space which is still unequally distributed,
between genders, ethnicities and abilities.
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The form of the publication reworks the figure of the loot box, a typically
virtual and predatory monetisation scheme.
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< h3 > Makers:< / h3 >
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< li > Al Nik (Alexandra Nikolova)< / li >
< li > Carmen Gray< / li >
< li > Chaeyoung Kim< / li >
< li > Emma Prato< / li >
< li > Erica Gargaglione< / li >
< li > Francesco Luzzana< / li >
< li > Gersande Schellinx< / li >
< li > Jian Haake< / li >
< li > Kimberley Cosmilla< / li >
< li > Miriam Schöb< / li >
< li > Mitsa Chaida< / li >
< li > Supisara Burapachaisri< / li >
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< h3 > Co-published by:< / h3 >
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< li > Page Not Found and the< / li >
< li > Master Experimental Publishing (XPUB) at the< / li >
< li > Piet Zwart Institute< / li >
< li > Willem de Kooning Academy< / li >
< li > Hogeschool Rotterdam< / li >
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< h3 > Typeface:< / h3 >
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< span > Special Issue 17 by Supisara Burapachaisri and Jian Haake < / span >
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< h3 > Thanks to:< / h3 >
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< li > Lídia Pereira (ed.)< / li >
< li > Michael Murtaugh< / li >
< li > Manetta Berends< / li >
< li > Steve Rushton< / li >
< li > Aymeric Mansoux< / li >
< li > Leslie Robbins< / li >
< li > Sébastien Tien< / li >
< li > Ola Vasiljeva< / li >
< li > Dagmar Bosma< / li >
< li > Paolo Pedercini< / li >
< li > Shira Chess< / li >
< li > Cory Arcangel< / li >
< li > Sepp Eckenhaussen & Koen Bartijn< / li >
< li > Platform BK< / li >
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< h3 > License:< / h3 >
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< span > This Box Found You For A Reason < / span >
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< span > 2022 XPUB Special Issue 17 < / span >
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< span > Copyleft attitude with a difference: < / span >
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you are invited to share the publication or parts of it with others under
the terms of the
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< a href = "https://constantvzw.org/wefts/cc4r.en.html" target = "_blank"
>CC4r license< /a
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