New Games, New Chances. A Future Perspective on Play in Society
by Ben Schouten, Menno Deen ; with contr. by Ed van Hinte, Mees Drissen, Joost Raessens …[et al.] ; design Studio Renate Boere
- Author(s)
- Ed van Hinte, Mees Drissen, Joost Raessens, Troy Innocent, Kummargi Yulendj, Bambi Boland, Beatriz Ibeas, Genèviéve Korte, Ondrej Kocholaty, Chris Gruijters & Gijs Houdijk, Martijn Kors
- Editor(s)
- Ben Schouten, Menno Deen
- Publication
- Amsterdam : Jap Sam, 2023
- Scope
- 296 Pages, illustrated, 23 cm.
- ISBN
- 9789492852977
Role of Play investigates what new rules of play are to come, several decades after the advent of videogames. Do we need more or no rules at all, or do other rules apply? Who determines which rules we play by? Play is always under construction. With 400+ illustrations, the authors sketch a wide variety of examples from analogue play to video games, from digital treasure hunts to flying a plane, from waging galactic wars with aliens to designing your home, from battling cancer to behavior change, from puzzle games to urban planning. The book addresses the latest trends in serious games and playification, for purposes other than pure entertainment. In their free-play form, these playful interactions increasingly contain reflections on social issues such as climate change or inclusiveness.
- Keywords
- play , future scenario's , gaming
- Location
- Cabinet 17 - 3: Stad en Bewoners
- Extra themes
- Technology + Posthuman condition
- Remarks
- Includes bibliography
