Play is the thing

Jane's work and that of the amazing Evelina play team can be found at https://www.evelinalondon.nhs.uk/our-services/hospital/play-specialists/team.aspx

If you want to help support the hospital's work, go to https://www.supportevelina.org.uk/get-involved/challenge-150

And follow Jane herself @craftyjane1 on Twitter

Adrian Voce was mentioned during the episode: his website is https://policyforplay.com/about-this-site/about-adrian-voce-obe/

I mention a show at UKGE in the outro. The details are here

Ivan Brett is a teacher, author and play obessive. His book and podcast are both called the Floor is Lava, and both are a pure joy.

www.ivanbrett.com 

Ivan and Max talked about adventure, play and encouraging kids into the play space. Enjoy!

If you're interested in the UK games expo event that Max talked about there's more info at https://youtu.be/oWWdwIr0IlM

Max talks to Chris Ferguson, psychology professor at Stetson University, and author of 'Moral Combat', about moral panic, video games, D&D and giving play back to kids.

Chris' website: http://www.christopherjferguson.com/

The Bowler hat was indeed named after a person. Two people, in fact: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowler_hat

To find out more about Sam's work go to https://www.manchestergamestudies.org/

Also, some top blogging there.

In our second episode, Max goes to visit James Wallis, game designer, writer, thinker and historian (but, allegedly, not an academic!)

James mentions a lot of books, writers and games: here are some possibly helpful links- if there's anything else you would like info on, just get in touch

@playisthething1 on twitter

Our Facebook group "Play is the thing"

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Notes:

Empire of the petal throne: https://www.tekumel.com/ Richard bartle's work on player types: https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/bartle-s-player-types-for-gamification Gary alan Fine's book, shared fantasy: https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Shared_Fantasy.html?id=rLlLbN0XuSEC&redir_esc=y Boethian maths: https://www.maa.org/press/periodicals/convergence/mathematical-treasure-the-arithmetic-of-boethius Ars Amatoria (NOT amorata, because I'm not just an idiot, I'm a pretentious idiot): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ars_Amatoria Keith Johnstone's book Impro is here: https://www.keithjohnstone.com/

And James is right, The Mind is amazing: https://thirstymeeples.co.uk/products/the-mind

For his first podcast episode, Max talks to Pete Etchells, psychologist and gamer, about his new book 'lost in a good game', attitudes to play and why neither of us like mobile games!

Pete's book can be pre-ordered here

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