June 2025

Since its premiere in 2022, Apple TV’s Severance has grown a significant following amongst fans of sci-fi psychological thrillers. The series explores a world where employees can undergo “severance,” an operation separating their memories and personalities between their “innie” work personas (their lived experience at work), and their pre-existing “outie” selves (their lived experience in their personal lives outside of work), each holding no knowledge of the actions of the other.The show has been praised for everything from its interwoven, mystery-laden plot to its cinematography and musical score, but much of Severance’s popularity comes from the show’s intentionality in setting...

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In Tracy Fullerton’s and Matthew Farber’s new book, The Well-Read Game: On Playing Thoughtfully, part of The MIT Press’ Playful Thinking series, they propose a new framework of interpretive play. This framework is a theory of player response, exploring the ephemeral and emotional responses that occur when people are in a state of play. When we play a game, we experience more than just its formal structures; we may notice its aesthetic details or connect its character to our own lives. We tell ourselves stories as we play, ask questions, and react to the game’s intent. In The Well-Read Game,...

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Play Story Press, in collaboration with the Playful Mind Project, is excited to release Play and Profit: How Purposeful Play Leads to Organizational Success, by Rona Lewis. Play belongs in the workplace—and not just in the break room. In this thought-provoking and delightfully practical guide, Rona Lewis—corporate consultant and renowned Play Instigator—demonstrates why Purposeful and Attuned Play is not child’s play, but a powerful lever for business success. Blending research from neuroscience, psychology, and organizational behavior with real-world stories and actionable tools, Play and Profit explores how play impacts key drivers of success: innovation, adaptability, stress reduction, leadership, collaboration, communication,...

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