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A lot of us have a special game that inspired us to get more deeply involved in making, studying and...Book Details
Author : Drew Davidson
Publish : 2024
Publisher : Well Played & Play Story Press
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Well Played: For the Love of Games
In current digital games, classic fictional worlds are transformed into ludofictional worlds, spaces...Book Details
Author : Antonio José Planells de la Maza
Publish : 2024
Publisher : Play Story Press
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Possible Worlds in Video Games: From Classic Narrative to Meaningful Actions
Roll for Learning: 51 Micro Tabletop Role-Playing Games to Use in the Classroom is an edited book fe...Book Details
Author : Camilla Zamboni
Publisher : Play Story Press
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Roll for Learning
Why does the tail wag the brain? What is virtual autism? Why can't our avatars walk hand-in-hand? Wi...Book Details
Author : Jeffrey Ventrella
Publish : 2024
Publisher : Play Story Press
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Virtual Body Language
Recent times have witnessed an explosion in forms of media that fall under the umbrella of "pop cult...Book Details
Author : Anton Roberts
Publish : October 17, 2024
Publisher : Psychgeist & Play Story Press
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The Psychgeist of Pop Culture – Stranger Things
Professors at Play AI Playbook The Professors at Play AI PlayBook explores the intersection of pl...Book Details
Author : David Thomas
Publish : August 23, 2024
Publisher : Professors at Play & Play Story Press
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Professors at Play AI Playbook
Bluey is an award-winning animated children’s series centering on the titular Bluey: a curious, in...Book Details
Author : Kelli Dunlap
Publish : August 22, 2024
Publisher : Psychgeist & Play Story Press
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The Psychgeist of Pop Culture – Bluey
The Psychgeist of Pop Culture: Umbrella Academy takes a deep dive into the world of the Hargreeves f...Book Details
Author : Arienne Ferchaud, PhD
Publish : August 22, 2024
Publisher : Psychgeist & Play Story Press
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The Psychgeist of Pop Culture – The Umbrella Academy
ToDIGRA (https://todigra.org/) is a quarterly, international, open access, refereed, multidisciplina...Book Details
Author : DiGRA
Publish : August 22, 2024
Publisher : Play Story Press and DiGRA
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ToDiGRA: Nordic DiGRA Special Issue, VOL.7, NO.1

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Well Played: For the Love of Games

Play Story Press is excited to release Well Played: For the Love of Games, edited by Drew Davidson. A lot of us have a special game that inspired us to get more deeply involved in making, studying and playing games as part of our professional and personal lives. It may be *the* game for you […]

Possible Worlds in Video Games

Play Story Press is excited to release Possible Worlds in Video Games: From Classic Narrative to Meaningful Actions, by Antonio José Planells de la Maza. In current digital games, classic fictional worlds are transformed into ludofictional worlds, spaces rich in characters and emotions that are especially affected by the intervention of a player. In this […]

Connect Learning Summit Proceedings

Play Story Press is excited to release the Connected Learning Summit Proceedings from 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2022. Connect Learning Summit Proceedings

Roll for Learning

Play Story Press is excited to release Roll for Learning: 51 Micro Tabletop Role-Playing Games to Use in the Classroom, edited by Camilla Zamboni, Matthew Farber, and William Merchant. Roll for Learning is a curated collection of original micro tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs). Micro TTRPGs have grown in popularity in recent years, particularly in the game […]

Virtual Body Language

Play Story Press is excited to release Virtual Body Language, by Jeffrey Ventrella. Why does the tail wag the brain? What is virtual autism? Why can’t our avatars walk hand-in-hand? Will a nonverbal Babel fish save the world? Jeffrey Ventrella, a seasoned virtual worlds programmer and visual language expert, reviews the history of avatars, smileys, and […]

The Psychgeist of Pop Culture – Stranger Things

Play Story Press is excited to release The Psychgeist of Pop Culture: Stranger Things, a collection of essays edited by Anton Roberts. Recent times have witnessed an explosion in forms of media that fall under the umbrella of “pop culture”. However, no series represents this phenomenon more clearly than Netflix’s own Stranger Things. It is […]

Well Played Journal CfP: For the Love of Games

Update: Deadline for submissions is extended to 3 January 2025. A lot of us have a special game that inspired us to get more deeply involved in making, studying and playing games as part of our professional and personal lives. It may be *the* game for you or just *a* game that means a lot, […]

Professors at Play AI Playbook

Professors at Play and Play Story Press are excited to release Professors at Play AI Playbook, by David Thomas and Lisa Forbes In the spirit of open access, we have made the AI PlayBook free for download. The PDF is a complete copy of the book, with all the parts, pieces, graphics and more. Because […]

The Psychgeist of Pop Culture – Bluey

Play Story Press is excited to release The Psychgeist of Pop Culture: Bluey, a collection of essays edited by Kelli Dunlap, PsyD. Bluey is an award-winning animated children’s series centering on the titular Bluey: a curious, inexhaustible 7-year old (in human years) anthropomorphized Blue Heeler puppy, and her family – little sister Bingo, mom Chili, […]