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Playful Thinking

Authors: John Sharp, David Thomas, Jesper Juul, Greg Costikyan, Mia Consalvo

The Playful Thinking book series by multiple authors includes books Playing Smart: On Games, Intelligence, and Artificial Intelligence, Treacherous Play, How Games Move Us: Emotion by Design, and several more. See the complete Playful Thinking series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles.

11 Books

Playing Smart: On Games, Intelligence, and Artificial Intelligence - Book of the Playful Thinking

Playing Smart: On Games, Intelligence, and Artificial Intelligence

Julian Togelius

From $32.11

Treacherous Play - Book of the Playful Thinking

Treacherous Play

Marcus Carter

Out of Stock

How Games Move Us: Emotion by Design - Book of the Playful Thinking

How Games Move Us: Emotion by Design

Katherine Isbister

From $9.29

Play Matters - Book of the Playful Thinking

Play Matters

Miguel Sicart

From $18.69

Uncertainty in Games - Book of the Playful Thinking

Uncertainty in Games

Greg Costikyan

From $14.94

Play Like a Feminist. - Book of the Playful Thinking

Play Like a Feminist.

Shira Chess

From $19.74

The Art of Failure: An Essay on the Pain of Playing Video Games - Book of the Playful Thinking

The Art of Failure: An Essay on the Pain of Playing Video Games

Jesper Juul

From $18.69

Real Games: What's Legitimate and What's Not in Contemporary Videogames - Book of the Playful Thinking

Real Games: What's Legitimate and What's Not in Contemporary Videogames

Mia Consalvo, Christopher A Paul, Christopher A. Paul

From $35.55

Works of Game: On the Aesthetics of Games and Art - Book of the Playful Thinking

Works of Game: On the Aesthetics of Games and Art

John Sharp

From $12.89

Fun, Taste, & Games: An Aesthetics of the Idle, Unproductive, and Otherwise Playful - Book of the Playful Thinking

Fun, Taste, & Games: An Aesthetics of the Idle, Unproductive, and Otherwise Playful

John Sharp, David Thomas

From $20.35

Making Games: The Politics and Poetics of Game Creation Tools - Book of the Playful Thinking

Making Games: The Politics and Poetics of Game Creation Tools

Stefan Werning

From $27.87

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