Hi everyone! We just realised that we haven’t done our annual blog post swap with Nordic Game Day – so we’re going to sneak it
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Philip Minchin is a consultant on and advocate for play, games, creativity, community, and learning, with a substantial side of strategic thinking about the future of libraries.
International Minecraft Hunger Games numbers
Hi everyone! I have some news from the good folks at AADL. We have at this moment 79 registered “Districts” (i.e. libraries) – 59 in
Read moreTime to ramp up the promotion
Volunteer Hannah Tracy – one of the authors of the awesome IGD Anecdotes series – offers one last post of suggestions for IGD 2014, this
Read moreQuick GGG update
Hi everyone! The emails with the instructions and contact information for the Global Gossip Game have gone out to all the folks who registered in
Read moreNovember update – nearly there!
Hi everyone! Less than two weeks to go till the big day – and it will be a big one this year! Even before the
Read moreBook folks on games: Hail to the Chiefs! It’s the ALA and ALIA Presidents!
After finishing the “Game folks on libraries” series with the extraordinary Brenda Romero, I didn’t want to drop the bar – so we’re winding up
Read moreUpdates: Minecraft Hunger Games and Global Gossip Game
Hi everyone! Here’s the latest on the two international inter-library games. Minecraft Hunger Games Registrations are open until the end of this week, and AADL
Read moreGame Profile (and update): Global Gossip Game
Hi everyone! I was going to write this as two separate posts – a game profile piece and a GGG update. But then I thought
Read moreClarification about OnePlay donation – it’s for a single user
Sorry everyone! Despite both seeking clarification before writing, and vetting the actual text of the last post before it went up, we managed to cross
Read moreSurprise worldwide donation: OnePlay videogame e-lending service!
Hi everyone! We have some very exciting news – a new donor for ALL libraries worldwide! The Donor OnePlay is a company based in Las
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