Why Do We Play Games?

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-foo....tball-association/hi

SOCCERNOMICS book: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Soccer....nomics-England-Austr

How to define a "game": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game#Chris_Crawford

WordARound game: http://www.thinkfun.com/shop/p....roduct/wordaround,12

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/S....portsperson#.22World

NYT Magazine artcile about play: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02..../17/magazine/17play.

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_psy

BIRG / CORF: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B....asking_in_reflected_

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