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The Infinite Playground

The Infinite Playground

The Infinite Playground

A Player's Guide to Imagination

by Bernard De Koven

With Holly Gramazio

Edited by Celia Pearce and Eric Zimmerman

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

Locally Played

Locally Played

Real-World Games for Stronger Places and Communities

by Benjamin Stokes

Foreword by Tracy Fullerton

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

Herewith the Clues

Herewith the Clues

Edited by Boy Vereecken

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

Fun, Taste, & Games

Fun, Taste, & Games

An Aesthetics of the Idle, Unproductive, and Otherwise Playful

by John Sharp and David Thomas

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

A Play of Bodies

A Play of Bodies

How We Perceive Videogames

by Brendan Keogh

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

Play Matters

Play Matters

by Miguel Sicart

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.
Zones of Control

Zones of Control

Zones of Control

Perspectives on Wargaming

Edited by Pat Harrigan and Matthew G. Kirschenbaum

Foreword by James F. Dunnigan

ISBN: 9780262033992

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: April 15, 2016

Examinations of wargaming for entertainment, education, and military planning, in terms of design, critical analysis, and historical contexts.
Uncertainty in Games

Uncertainty in Games

Uncertainty in Games

by Greg Costikyan

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

The Well-Played Game

The Well-Played Game

A Player's Philosophy

by Bernard De Koven

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.
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