New Game
In memory of a Jesuit who died on February 22 (see yesterday's "For the Ides of March")–
“The Game in the Ship cannot be approached as a job, a vocation, a career, or a recreation. To the contrary, it is Life and Death itself at work there. In the Inner Game, we call the Game Dhum Welur, the Mind of God."
— M. A. Foster, The Gameplayers of Zan
"… for Othello, no less than his creator Shakespeare, death without speechmaking is almost unthinkable."
— "Walter Ong," by Jeet Heer (Book & Culture, July/August 2004)
"This Jack, joke, poor potsherd, patch, matchwood…."
— Jesuit quote at David Lavery's weblog today
See also this journal on February 22, the date of the Jesuit death. A post on that date mentions Ong and his teacher McLuhan, and displays a McLuhan figure related to the "joke" quote above–
Click figure for background.
Ong discussed "agonistic" culture.
See "Sunday's Theater" and a film
based on the novel discussed there–
Prof. Coleman Silk introduces
freshmen to academic values
For academic gameplayers who prefer
less emotionally challenging subjects,
there is Othello Online —
