A Real Witcher—Slavic or Universal; from a Book, a Game or a TV Series? In the Circle of Multimedia Adaptations of a Fantasy Series of Novels “The Witcher” by A. Sapkowski by Sławomir Gawroński, Kinga Bajorek

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Traditional Sports and Games: Intercultural Dialog, Sustainability, and Empowerment by Soraia Chung Saura, Ana Cristina Zimmermann

“…From Traditional Sports and Games (TSG) we have not only learned different ways of living time as well as inhabit space and a particular mode of practicing sports and games from distinct cultures, but also promoting universal dialog among people. …”
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“Gambling and women don’t mix”: Female Gamblers and the American Dream in Film by Julie Assouly

“…A metaphorical expression of the myth of the American Dream, gambling — institutionalized in casinos or illegal in underground circles — soon became a fixture of masculine film genres such as westerns and gangster films. …”
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Une corde pour tout échange : L’invention de la valeur en interaction by Jacques Fontanille

“…In such a sequence, the paper focuses on the very recursive way in which the rope is defined : in a figurative way, as a circle for the game, and in a figural, chorematic way, as a spatial scheme for the child’s game. …”
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Stage Magic as a Performative Design Principle for VR Storytelling by Christopher Maraffi

“…Using game studies concepts like Huizinga’s magic circle and theatre arts concepts like Craig’s über-marionette, this article suggests that The VOID and other stage magic approaches to VR, like Derren Brown’s Ghost Train (2017), are a new medium for participatory theatre that incorporate immersive features from both cinema and games.…”
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Morphological and symbolic content analysis of Qarsha Ritual-dramatic movements of the Kurmanjs of Khorasan by Samane Radfar, Majid reza Moghanipour, Babak Shamshiri

“…First, the general form of the dances and rotations around the circle, as well as the dancers' rotations around the dance circle and also around themselves were recorded in an overhead shot, and then the specific movements and postures performed in each game, including hand and leg movements, were illustrated. …”
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La capoeira en la perspectiva teórica de N. Elias: análisis de la evolución de la violencia corporal en un estudio de campo en suiza (1994-2005) = Capoeira in the theoretical view... by Monica Aceti

“…However, if the evolution of these games confirms the phenomenon of ‘euphemization’ common in the “process of civilization” of Norbert Elias, the study of more subtle and sordid forms of symbolic violence could make this tendency relative.…”
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