May 2025

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Publishing How-To Zoom Roundtable

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Play Story Press hosted a Publishing How-To Zoom Roundtable. The session focused on a variety of innovative ways to share scholarly ideas to make the most impact. We also offered tips for building communities of practice to help grow fields of knowledge. The panelists shared their stories and perspectives, and helped facilitate group discussions and Q&A with attendees: -Drew Davidson & Brad King - Editors at Play Story Press -Lindsay Grace - Knight Chair in Interactive Media at the University of Miami -Zoe Wake Hyde - Director at Radish Press -David Thomas - Co-Founder of Professors at Play Key Takeaways...

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The Pleasure of Playing Less

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Play Story Press is excited to release The Pleasure of Playing Less, by Sultan A. Alharthi, Phoebe O. Toups Dugas, Olaa Alsaedi, Theresa Jean Tanenbaum and Jessica Hammer In this book, we explore the pleasure of playing less through a collective experience of playing the Kittens Game -- a self-described “Dark Souls of incremental gaming”. We draw on techniques of close reading and hermeneutics to ground our analysis and supplement our individual reflections on how these games incentivize players to play less and plan more. The Pleasure of Playing Less: A Study of Incremental Games Through the Lens of Kittens

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UM School of Communication – Founding Society Member

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We’re excited to share that the School of Communication at the University of Miami has joined the Play Story Press™ Society as a founding member. With a focus on the study and practice of communication as foundational to every human endeavor, their generous philanthropic contribution supports the open design and dissemination of knowledge that has a positive impact. We’re powered by input and involvement from our consortium, our contributors, and the community at large. We invite people to participate so that we can explore and create a better future together. Thanks to the UM School of Communication for their support!

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The Psychgeist of Pop Culture: The Witcher & The Mandalorian

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Play Story Press is excited to release two Psychgeist of Pop Culture books. The Psychgeist of Pop Culture: The Witcher, edited by Rachel Kowert, PhD In a world where mean are monsters and monsters are men - who is the real monster? The Psychgeist of Pop Culture: The Witcher delves into the psychology of the characters and stories of this popular franchise. From the original book collection to best-selling video game series, to the hugely popular Netflix show, The Witcher is a transmedia experience that has captivated hearts and minds across the globe. In this series of edited essays, we...

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Meaningful Play Proceedings

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Play Story Press Play is excited to release the Meaningful 2024 Proceedings. Meaningful Play is a conference about theory, research, and game design innovations, principles and practices. Meaningful Play brings scholars, industry professionals and games practitioners together to understand and improve upon games to entertain, inform, educate, and persuade in meaningful ways. Meaningful Play Proceedings

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