The other week, I was reading Jennifer Senior's article "It's Your Friends Who Break Your Heart," and thinking about friendships past and present. Moving to a new city brings with…
Koster's talk fit nicely with our reading of Caillios' Man, Play, and Games, but tied those ideas with research from cognitive and evolutionary psychology. It's a wonderful talk that combines game design, narrative, and science. Highly recommend it.
Man, Play, and Games is a must read for those interested in games and the role of play.
What forms of technology or digital ephemera will become toys or play in the future?
In Mexico, the voladores--Huastec or Totonac--climb to the top of a mast sixty-five to one hundred feet high. They are disguised as eagles with false wings hanging from their wrists.…
According to Caillois in Man, Play, and Games, play is defined as such: Free: in which playing is not obligatory; if it were, it would at once lose its attractive…