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Zones of Control
Perspectives on Wargaming
ISBN: 9780262547925
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 9, 2023
Examinations of wargaming for entertainment, education, and military planning, in terms of design, critical analysis, and historical contexts.
The Infinite Playground
A Player's Guide to Imagination
ISBN: 9780262543866
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: June 21, 2022
A play-centered invitation to experience the power and delight unlocked by imagination.
Locally Played
Real-World Games for Stronger Places and Communities
ISBN: 9780262043489
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 14, 2020
How games can make a real-world difference in communities when city leaders tap into the power of play for local impact.
Herewith the Clues
ISBN: 9783956794421
Publisher: Sternberg Press
Pub Date: July 2, 2019
An investigation of the Crime Dossiers, a form of literature as mystery game— an entirely new manifestation of gamified literature—developed in the interwar period.
Fun, Taste, & Games
An Aesthetics of the Idle, Unproductive, and Otherwise Playful
ISBN: 9780262039352
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 12, 2019
Reclaiming fun as a meaningful concept for understanding games and play.
A Play of Bodies
How We Perceive Videogames
ISBN: 9780262037631
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 6, 2018
An investigation of the embodied engagement between the playing body and the videogame: how player and game incorporate each other.
Play Matters
ISBN: 9780262534512
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 27, 2017
Why play is a productive, expressive way of being, a form of understanding, and a fundamental part of our well-being.
Uncertainty in Games
ISBN: 9780262527538
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: January 30, 2015
How uncertainty in games—from Super Mario Bros. to Rock/Paper/Scissors—engages players and shapes play experiences.
The Well-Played Game
A Player's Philosophy
ISBN: 9780262019170
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 23, 2013
The return of a classic book about games and play that illuminates the relationship between the well-played game and the well-lived life.
Zones of Control
Perspectives on Wargaming
ISBN: 9780262547925
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 9, 2023
Examinations of wargaming for entertainment, education, and military planning, in terms of design, critical analysis, and historical contexts.
The Infinite Playground
A Player's Guide to Imagination
ISBN: 9780262543866
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: June 21, 2022
A play-centered invitation to experience the power and delight unlocked by imagination.
Locally Played
Real-World Games for Stronger Places and Communities
ISBN: 9780262043489
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 14, 2020
How games can make a real-world difference in communities when city leaders tap into the power of play for local impact.
Herewith the Clues
ISBN: 9783956794421
Publisher: Sternberg Press
Pub Date: July 2, 2019
An investigation of the Crime Dossiers, a form of literature as mystery game— an entirely new manifestation of gamified literature—developed in the interwar period.
Fun, Taste, & Games
An Aesthetics of the Idle, Unproductive, and Otherwise Playful
ISBN: 9780262039352
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 12, 2019
Reclaiming fun as a meaningful concept for understanding games and play.
A Play of Bodies
How We Perceive Videogames
ISBN: 9780262037631
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 6, 2018
An investigation of the embodied engagement between the playing body and the videogame: how player and game incorporate each other.
Play Matters
ISBN: 9780262534512
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 27, 2017
Why play is a productive, expressive way of being, a form of understanding, and a fundamental part of our well-being.
Uncertainty in Games
ISBN: 9780262527538
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: January 30, 2015
How uncertainty in games—from Super Mario Bros. to Rock/Paper/Scissors—engages players and shapes play experiences.
The Well-Played Game
A Player's Philosophy
ISBN: 9780262019170
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 23, 2013
The return of a classic book about games and play that illuminates the relationship between the well-played game and the well-lived life.