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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 and 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 : 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 : 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
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ToDiGRA: Nordic DiGRA Special Issue, VOL.7, NO.1
ToDIGRA (https://todigra.org/) is a quarterly, international, open access, refereed, multidisciplina...Book Details
Author : DiGRA
Publish : August 11, 2024
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ToDiGRA: Nordic DiGRA Special Issue, VOL.6, NO.3
Well Played is a concept of providing in-depth close readings of video games that parse out the vari...Book Details
Author : Clara Fernandez-Vara
Publish : 2024
Publisher : Play Story Press
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Well Played Retrospective: The Past, Pandemic and Future of Video Games, Value and Meaning

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Well Played Journal CfP: For the Love of Games

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, and you find yourself replaying it regularly. It could even […]

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, […]

The Psychgeist of Pop Culture – The Umbrella Academy

Play Story Press is excited to release The Psychgeist of Pop Culture: Umbrella Academy, a collection of essays edited by Arienne Ferchaud, PhD. The Psychgeist of Pop Culture: Umbrella Academy takes a deep dive into the world of the Hargreeves family and sheds new light on the gothic allure of this series. In this collection […]

ToDiGRA: Nordic DiGRA Special Issues

ToDiGRA and Play Story Press have released both special issues from the 2023 Nordic DiGRA conference, edited by Lina Eklund, Björn Sjöblom, Jon Back. ToDiGRA: Nordic DiGRA Special Issue, Vol.6, No.3 ToDiGRA: Nordic DiGRA Special Issue, Vol.7, No.1

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Play Story Press – An Open Community Publishing Consortium

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