Hi folks! From the Antarctic desert to the urban jungle, our third special guest takes us now to New York, NY, and Mid-Manhattan Library for
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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.
Talking points: Games, seriousness, poetry, and fun
Welcome to the fourth, and penultimate, entry in that series of more detailed talking points we mentioned. Here’s the summary from the original post: Games
Read moreSeptember update – spread the word!
Hi everyone! If you read the previous Special Mystery Guest Post, you may have seen the updated map of IGD participants at the end. Here
Read moreSpecial guest post: Mystery coolness
If you’re in the mood for a puzzle, see if you can guess what this is (or just scroll down): (“Abstract art” is not the
Read moreMonthly game profile for August: Co-operative games
This month’s game genre is not defined by mechanics so much as it is by the way it frames the relationships between players: instead of
Read moreGame write-up: Freedom – The Underground Railroad
Hi folks! This write-up of a new historical game (designed by a fellow library worker and successfully Kickstarted last month) was submitted for this month’s
Read moreTalking points: Games and theory of mind
Hello folks! This is the third of that series of more detailed talking points we mentioned. Here’s the summary from that original post: Further, games
Read moreAugust update
Hi everyone! IGD@yl continues apace – please keep helping us get the word out by asking all your library friends whether they’re joining libraries on
Read moreSpecial guest post: IGD inspiration – live Pac-Man anyone?
This is a great idea for an IGD activity from Amanda Bradley of Aulds Library in Bossier City, LA – a live game of Pac-Man!
Read moreMonthly game profile for July: Role-playing and story games, and other co-created games
Hi folks! Sorry for the delay in posting this – it’s been a hectic week here. Your humble author participated in a panel on games
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