currently reading

More like re-reading. This has been sitting on my shelves for the last few years. I have delved into it a few times, the last time extensively after finishing Brenda Laurel's "Computers as Theater" (I have that in the re-read pile as well). Narrative is cropping up in so much work that I am involved in. The use of narrative in gameplay and learning, its use in both guiding a learning experience as well as making a point easier to understand.


I also have in my bag Pat Kane's "The Play Ethic".
I got this after his talk at the BBC's Design Forum conference. Again I have been reading it in small pieces. It is a dense and complex book, about play. I should sit down and digest this fully, but for the time being I am dipping in and slowly designing two services that should complement each other even though they are on different topics. One on climate change and the other on games.