Taking your time to get it right – even if it’s up to three years
For the last three years, I have been invited to a local youth group to run LEGO sessions. I must admit that after year two, I said to myself that it didn’t work, and that […]
Article Tag: play
Round-up of Playful Creative Summit 2021
The second edition of the Playful Creative Summit came to a close at midnight on Sunday 25 April… even though you can still view ALL the pre-recorded material if you sign up for an All-Access […]
The Personal Benefits of Wargaming
I get a “night before Christmas” feeling the day before I go wargaming. My mind will race about the games I am going to play, obsessing about army building, where my strengths and weaknesses are, […]
Skills I Learned by Playing Dungeons and Dragons
Samanta (Sami) Chan first published these slides as a series on LinkedIn. Ludogogy is delighted to present the first four of them together here. There are now many more. Visit Sami’s LI profile to view […]
What is the Lusory Attitude?
We all play games for multiple reasons. No matter what the reason, we agree to a certain set of rules and expectations of play. Some of this involves us entering the “magic circle” of games. […]
The Future of Racism – a skeleton of a game
The events of this year have provided us with plenty of examples of both the best and worst of human behaviour. The way that communities rallied round to help the most vulnerable when the virus […]
Once Upon a Dice Roll
It all starts with dice …. The first year Narratology for Games module has, as many long standing and ever-evolving programmes do, had an interesting history of being split, merged, moved around and eventually settled […]
‘Play it before you live it’
– the case for alternate reality games and narrative-making play Most games don’t pretend to be real. As a player you sit around a table holding cards or moving pieces, or stare at a screen […]
Happy Ever After
As we all know, gamification is often used as a way to encourage engagement. So why not use it to encourage another form of engagement? A literal engagement! I was trying to think of a […]
Play is Work
Games are a type of work if you think about it. We invest our time in games. We give games our attention and our mental capacities. But why do we do that? What makes play […]
How games do feedback better than your boss
For most people there is a clear delineation between ‘Work’ and ‘Play’, and with it the sad assumption that ‘Play’ is enjoyable and voluntary, and that ‘Work’, being its polar opposite, is unpleasant, and an […]
The Dangers of Competition in Workplace Games
Bringing Collaboration into Play Right now, gamification and games are so focused on online implementation that you could be forgiven for thinking they’re mainly about tech. But online is just one playing field, and tech […]
Simple Ways of Making Work Playful
Playfulness is a rather unique phenomenon that when utilised effectively can be a useful resource for enhancing social awareness and community building within workplace environments. According to Johan Huizinga’s ‘Homo Ludens’ “play is older than […]
Are You Leading Play in Your Organisation?
When did you last play in your organisation ? How often do you leave a meeting room uninspired with the solutions presented ? Do you need a more positive and energised workforce ? Organisations are […]