In this video we discuss the central role game play have had in evolution, human development and society.
Many of the ideas here have been previously discussed by Prof. Janet Murray in her paper "Toward a Cultural Theory of Gaming:
Digital Games and the Co-Evolution of
Media, Mind, and Culture", which can be found here:
http://homes.lmc.gatech.edu/~murray/PC0403_Murray.pdf
The interview with Prof. Michael Tomasello of Duke, can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A5t8FcWGas
..and a review paper on shared intenionality/joint attentional scenes in the context of evolutionary anthropology published by Tomasello can be found here:
http://www.eva.mpg.de/psycho/staff/carpenter/pdf/Tomasello-Carpenter2007-shared-intentionality.pdf
Music used is attributed to the following artists and are used under a attribution/non-commercial license:
Ryan Anderson - Artificial Intelligence,
Dee Yan Kee - Lamb of God,
TV Girl - Your Own Religion