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07 March 2012 ~ Comments Off

Play and Work

I am an avid player of computer games and pen-and-paper RPG games. I enjoy shooting hordes of zombies, building and deploying armies and being part of a team in a fantastic and dangerous world. I have always valued games for themselves, but it has only dawned on me recently that they must have great survival [...]

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15 January 2012 ~ Comments Off

Thoughts of my Deadlands Character as he lies dying….

I am back in the Dusty Place. No wall for your back, no exits to check out. In the Dusty Place shapes form and blow away in the endless wind of a bone-dry arroyo; if you look at them too long you get to know that you are just a shape too. My shoes are [...]

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17 November 2011 ~ 1 Comment

Play

I thanks to the erudite Joy Maul on Google+ I read a nice piece by Saul Griffith about a “curriculum of toys“. I fundamentally belileve that ALL play is learning and thus ALL toys and games are educational. It is impossible to play with anything without learning. If you spend time watching a baby play you will [...]

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03 July 2010 ~ Comments Off

Systems Thinking

This I found convincing. More rules and procedures means less attention to what truly needs to be done. Cultural change is free from Mindfields College on Vimeo. Sphere: Related Content

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