Podcast Episode 16: Philip Minchin talks about play, magical spaces and why games ignite your brain!

Philip Minchin has worked in publishing, arts production, NGO governance and campaigning, and now works in library IT in Melbourne. In addition to fulltime work in the library sector, he presents, trains, and consults to libraries and game companies on libraries, communities, games, interactivity, systems and UI design. He also volunteers for International Games Week … Continue reading "Podcast Episode 16: Philip Minchin talks about play, magical spaces and why games ignite your brain!"

Philip Minchin has worked in publishing, arts production, NGO governance and campaigning, and now works in library IT in Melbourne. In addition to fulltime work in the library sector, he presents, trains, and consults to libraries and game companies on libraries, communities, games, interactivity, systems and UI design. He also volunteers for International Games Week (November 4-10 in 2018), and recently ran a free showcase series of games-based PD for GLAM folks. You can read more and contact him at philipminchin.com.

In this episode we discuss:

Journey – the game.
Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator
In praise of tabletop games: Part 1
Dungeons & Dragons
Magic The Gathering
Werewolf
Fiasco
Sign – FREE!

Recommendations from Philip:

Play: how it shapes the brain, opens the imagination and invigorates the soul – Stuart Brown with Christopher Vaughan
People, Systems, and the Game of Monopoly – Allan G Johnson
Homo  ludens: a study of the play-element in culture – J. Huizinga
Games and play – Starting Points

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Music by Richard Frohlich and sound by Inspector J