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Why Do We Play Games?
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Why Do We Play Games?
  • Published_at:2013-03-23
  • Category:Sports
  • Channel:Vsauce
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  • description: Watch "Could you boomerang a football?": http://bit.ly/14eVBgj Special cameo from my buddy at http://www.youtube.com/user/STRskillSchool MUSIC BY: http://www.youtube.com/JakeChudnow @tweetsauce !! Association football: http://www.thefa.com/about-football-association/history SOCCERNOMICS book: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Soccernomics-England-Australia-Turkey-And-Iraq-Are/dp/1568587015 How to define a "game": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game#Chris_Crawford Origin of the word "nerd": http://www.eldacur.com/~brons/NerdCorner/nerd.html etymology of "jock": http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=jock&searchmode=none How to be named the world's greatest athlete: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sportsperson#.22World.27s_Greatest_Athlete.22 NYT Magazine artcile about play: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/magazine/17play.html?pagewanted=all Maslow's Hierarchy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow's_hierarchy_of_needs Games and needs (good article): http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/2289/the_psychology_behind_games.php BIRG / CORF: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basking_in_reflected_glory SECONDSKIN documentary (soooo good): http://www.secondskinfilm.com Excellent Numberphile videos about football statistics: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJuHC7xXsGA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyN-qpVfOWA
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