{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/66a3c6ec72497b61153ae95c/67967574c27e8803f61ce7f0?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"'The gostak distims the doshes': deciphering gibberish-English in a text-based adventure game","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/66a3c6ec72497b61153ae95c/1737913673341-7bd7545b-7712-4b25-bf4a-bf34ee1576fc.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In this episode we discuss Carl Muckenhoupt's challenging 'The Gostak'; a text-based adventure game in which the player has to decipher a gibberish version of English. Hosts Dr. Ibi and Dr. Joe cover topics including:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>How the game works</li><li>Translation as game mechanic</li><li>The syntax of English and what it tells us about the meaning of words</li><li>Verb transitivity, direct objects, and indirect objects </li><li>Thinking of nouns and verbs as building blocks of games more generally </li></ul><p><br></p><p>If you would like to play 'The Gostak' youself, you can do so on the Interactive Fiction DataBase: <a href=\"https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=w5s3sv43s3p98v45#:~:text=The%20reference%20is%20to%20the,can%20be%20distimmed%20by%20a\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=w5s3sv43s3p98v45#:~:text=The%20reference%20is%20to%20the,can%20be%20distimmed%20by%20a</a></p><p><br></p><p>Contains some strong (and other type types of) language.</p><p><br></p><p>📜 If you would like more Say It Like You Play It content, you can find our <strong>BLOG</strong> here: https://ibibaxterwebb.wordpress.com/blog-podcast/</p><p><br></p><p>☕ If you would like to <strong>support us</strong>, you can buy us a coffee here: buymeacoffee.com/sayitlikeyouplayit</p><p><br></p><p>📺 We're also on <strong>YouTube</strong>: https://www.youtube.com/@SayItLikeYouPlayIt</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>📚 <strong>Resources</strong>:</p><p><br></p><p>Ingraham, A. (1903). <em>Swain school lectures</em>. Open Court Publishing Company. Available at: <a href=\"https://archive.org/details/swainschoollectu00ingruoft\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://archive.org/details/swainschoollectu00ingruoft</a>  </p><p><br></p><p>Ogden, C. K., &amp; Richards, I. A. (1927).&nbsp;<em>The Meaning of Meaning: A Study of the Influence of Language upon Thought and of the Science of Symbolism</em>. Harcourt, Brace.</p><p><br></p><p>Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff, Tenielle. ‘Beyond the Basics: Transitive, Intransitive, Ditransitive and Ambitransitive Verbs’. <em>The</em> <em>Advocate</em>, Feb. 2015, p. 54-55. Available at: <a href=\"https://digitalcommons.csp.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1015&amp;context=lawfaculty\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://digitalcommons.csp.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1015&amp;context=lawfaculty</a></p>","author_name":"Ibi Baxter-Webb & Joe Baxter-Webb"}