Play is the thing Podcast
1) Christmas gift recommendations!
Chris Ferguson recommended the Atari 2600 console. Sam Illingworth recommended Betrayal at House on the Hill Pete Etchells recommeded Untitled Goose Game Sam Wake recommended Cain's Jawbone ...Show More
2) Aiyana Ballin interview
Aiyana's brilliant article for Scientific American is here Her blog, all of which is 100% worth reading, is here
3) Episode 14 with Maggi Laurie
Margaret talked about a few games Subnautica My time at Portia She used the following toys in her research Toca Boca tea party Osmo Code-a-pillar Maggi's research interests htt...Show More
4) Episode 13 with Paul Wake
Paul Wake is a big part of the Manchester games studies network: https://www.manchestergamestudies.org/ His current kickstarter is at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1010climateaction/carbon-cit...Show More
5) Episode 12 with Holly Nielsen
If you want to catch up with Holly's writing, here's a taster: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/03/11/players-react-to-video-games-in-unexpected-ways-and-scary-edutainment-games-prove-it/ h...Show More
6) Episode 11 with Minkette
Minkette (@mink_ette on twitter) is a designer of games of all sorts, as well as a speaker and podcaster. Mink mentions this book: https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Donald-A-Norman/The-Design-of-Every...Show More
7) Episode 10 with James Wallis (again)
James' book, Board Games in 100 moves, is out on the 5th September: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Board-Games-in-100-Moves-by-Ian-Livingstone-author-James-Wallis-author/9781465485755 Jame...Show More
8) Episode 9 with Holly Gramazio
Max talks to Holly Gramazio, game designer and curator, about her work and when play is bad!
9) Where does play begin, and where does it end?
Take a look at the images at the top of this post. Which of them would you say represent a form of play? Some of you might require some kind of thing to play with, others will focus on rules. In the v...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.10) Is there such a thing as ‘good’ and ‘bad’ play
Look at the two images at the top of this post. It’s a fair bet that they provoke different emotional reactions in you, and odds-on that you will have a more positive reaction to the one on the left. ...Show More
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