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Playing at the World, 2E
The Invention of Dungeons & Dragons
ISBN: 9780262548779
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 6, 2024
Forthcoming from the MIT Press
Enacting Platforms
Feminist Technoscience and the Unreal Engine
ISBN: 9780262548243
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: July 2, 2024
An analysis of the game engine Unreal through feminist, race, and queer theories of technology and media, as well as a critique of the platform studies framework itself.
Take This Hammer
Work, Song, Crisis
ISBN: 9781913380168
Publisher: Goldsmiths Press
Pub Date: May 21, 2024
A study of contemporary music in light of transformations to work and social life.
Psychedelics
A Visual Odyssey
ISBN: 9780262547666
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 16, 2024
A gorgeously illustrated journey through psychedelics and their global history that explores how psychedelic visions have inspired and given meaning to humans throughout time.
Fifty Years of Dungeons & Dragons
Fifty Years of Dungeons & Dragons
ISBN: 9780262547604
Publisher: MITP
Pub Date: April 9, 2024
On the fiftieth anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons, a collection of essays that explores and celebrates the game's legacy and its tremendous impact on gaming and popular culture.
Optimizing Play
Why Theorycrafting Breaks Games and How to Fix It
ISBN: 9780262547789
Publisher: MIT Press
Pub Date: March 19, 2024
An unexpected take on how games work, what the stakes are for them, and how game designers can avoid the traps of optimization.
The Rule Book
The Building Blocks of Games
ISBN: 9780262547444
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 12, 2024
How games are built on the foundations of rules, and how rules—of which there are only five kinds—really work.
Selected Nonfiction, 1962–2007
Selected Nonfiction, 1962–2007
ISBN: 9780262048323
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 24, 2023
J. G. Ballard's collected nonfiction from 1962 to 2007, mapping the cultural obsessions, experiences, and insights of one of the most original minds of his generation.
Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground
Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground
A Guide to Tabletop Roleplaying Games from D&D to Mothership
ISBN: 9780262048224
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 10, 2023
A richly illustrated, encyclopedic deep dive into the history of roleplaying games.
Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground, Deluxe Edition
Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground
A Guide to Tabletop Roleplaying Games from D&D to Mothership
ISBN: 9780262048231
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 10, 2023
A richly illustrated, encyclopedic deep dive into the history of roleplaying games.

Playing at the World, 2E
The Invention of Dungeons & Dragons
ISBN: 9780262548779
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 6, 2024
Enacting Platforms
Feminist Technoscience and the Unreal Engine
ISBN: 9780262548243
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: July 2, 2024
Take This Hammer
Work, Song, Crisis
ISBN: 9781913380168
Publisher: Goldsmiths Press
Pub Date: May 21, 2024
Psychedelics
A Visual Odyssey
ISBN: 9780262547666
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 16, 2024
Fifty Years of Dungeons & Dragons
Fifty Years of Dungeons & Dragons
ISBN: 9780262547604
Publisher: MITP
Pub Date: April 9, 2024
Optimizing Play
Why Theorycrafting Breaks Games and How to Fix It
ISBN: 9780262547789
Publisher: MIT Press
Pub Date: March 19, 2024
The Rule Book
The Building Blocks of Games
ISBN: 9780262547444
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 12, 2024
Selected Nonfiction, 1962–2007
Selected Nonfiction, 1962–2007
ISBN: 9780262048323
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 24, 2023
Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground
Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground
A Guide to Tabletop Roleplaying Games from D&D to Mothership
ISBN: 9780262048224
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 10, 2023
Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground, Deluxe Edition
Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground
A Guide to Tabletop Roleplaying Games from D&D to Mothership
ISBN: 9780262048231
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 10, 2023