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It’s Time For a New Kind of Power Fantasy

Games can–and must–offer different definitions of fantasy, including fantasies of safety and peace.

Leigh Alexander
Nov 29, 2016 6 min read

Games Can Help Us Understand Power

Blast Theory designs games that play with our moral boundaries.

Matt Locke
Nov 28, 2016 5 min read

Wargaming Needs New Recruits to Save Lives

Simulating combat through play has an important history–but its future in the era of computer simulations is uncertain.

Mark Wallace
Nov 25, 2016 8 min read

The Uneasy Blurring of Work & Play

Your time is their money–and you may feel that your moments are being sold too cheaply.

Tom Chatfield
Nov 22, 2016 6 min read

Was Gamification a Terrible Lie?

Turning work into play was sold as a miracle for increasing productivity–but was that ever really plausible?

Simon Parkin
Nov 18, 2016 9 min read

Games as a Path to Self-Care

Neuroscientific research has found that playing games can offer players therapeutic value.

Andrea Ayres
Nov 16, 2016 5 min read

Serious Games Finally Find Their Fun

Games often struggle to marry play with purpose–but a new wave of indie titles hits the sweet spot.

Duncan Jefferies
Nov 14, 2016 8 min read

The World Has a Playground Deficit

The benefits of play for children are immense–yet too many of the world's cities lack even basic infrastructure for it.

Christine Ro
Nov 11, 2016 6 min read

Games Are a Playground for Artificial Intelligence

Play is one of the primary ways humans learn new skills and abilities–and the same applies to AI.

Greg Noone
Nov 4, 2016 7 min read

The Power of Play: A Reading List

A crash course on how fun and leisure can change the world

How We Get To Next
Nov 2, 2016 5 min read

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