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What’s your take on the MANIFESTO? Tell us: how does play negotiate conflict? #PEMplaytime
What’s your take on the MANIFESTO? Tell us: how do you play? #PEMplaytime
Games for Social Change: An Interview
“Play gives us that opportunity to really try things out, and then, maybe when we’re done, to think about how we can apply that kind of playful mindset to the world we live in.”
Can games promote social change? Game designer Colleen Macklin talks with us about how play has a unique ability to change the way we think.
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Dispatches from the Field: Cosplayers at PAX East
“Instead of being the shy person that fixes computers, I can run around and say, nerf this!“
Cosplay is the act of dressing up as a character from a movie, book, or video game. Many people at PAX East dress up in elaborate cosplay costumes and we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to talk with them about it.
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Tomorrow Rutherford Chang (@drofrehturgnahc)—artist, collector, and the third-ranked Game Boy Tetris player in the world—plays LIVE from 1–2 pm EST on playtime.pem.org. Will he better his ranking? Tune in and find out! #pemplaytime #gameboy #gameboytetris
What’s your take on the MANIFESTO? Tell us: PLAY is ____________. #PEMplaytime
What’s your take on the MANIFESTO? Tell us: PLAY is ____________. #PEMplaytime
On Cheating: An Interview
“The fascinating thing about cheating is that the cheat is not the player that knocks all the chess pieces off the table. That’s a spoilsport.”
Game designer Eric Zimmerman talks about why cheaters are a sign of a well-designed game.
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Manifesto
PLAY spurs productivity.
PLAY is a catalyst for creativity.
PLAY is an escape from conformity.
PLAY reinvents the rules.
PLAY empowers the players.
PLAY stimulates innovation.
PLAY enables exploration.
PLAY is a response to uncertainty.
PLAY rewards misbehavior.
PLAY negotiates conflict.
PLAY resists productivity.
PLAY is _______________.
What’s your take on the MANIFESTO?
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The Women of World of Warcraft: An Interview
“I was like, Wow! There’s all these women playing World of Warcraft again. It’s amazing! But they’re all played by men.”
Artist and gamer Angela Washko talks about entering the social sphere of the online role-playing video game World of Warcraft and investigating players’ views on gender.
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Dispatches from the Field: PAX East
Join PEM as we head out on the road to see the places and meet the players who make up the state of play today. In this installment, we visit PAX, the largest gaming convention in North America, and talk to gamers who are drawn into this global community.
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