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We take it in turn to present something we are interested in and/or passionate about with the rest of the digital team at work. We dubbed the event miniTED and I did one at the end of 2008 about Playing games - finally uploading it here.I had also brought a big bunch of board / card / role-playing games and spread them all on the board room table, which looked very cool.
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Playing games
What is Play?
Animals at play
Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions.
Mark Twain
You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play.
Warren Beatty.
You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.
Plato
What we play is life.
Louis Armstrong
7 Patterns of playSource: The National Institute for Play - www.nifplay.org
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Eye contact
Emotion (joy)
The right side of the brain which organises emotional control, is attuned in both of them, brought into harmony.
Attunement play
Experiencing movement
Comprehending the world
Understanding yourself
Understanding your body
Body play & movement
Satisfying an innate curiosity
Correlation between manipulation and problem solving
Object play
http://www.flickr.com/photos/respres/2812086571/
Play and belonging
Rough and tumble play
Celebratory play
Social play
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mornathedark/116578264/
Imaginative & pretend play
Create a sense of one’s mind and the mind of others
One of the main keys to innovation and creativity
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Storytelling-Narrative play
The unit of human intelligibility
Stories help us make sense of ourselves and the world around us
The way most kids love to learn
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Transformative & creative play
Transcend the reality of ordinary lives
Shape new ideas
Access new realms of innovation
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Games
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What are games?
Of course the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you--if you don't play, you can't win.
Robert Heinlein
If life doesn't offer a game worth playing, then invent a new one.
Anthony J. D'Angelo
Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.
Donald Trump
God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of his own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players, to being involved in an obscure and complex version of poker in a pitch dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time.
Terry Pratchett
Types of games
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Some of the oldest games
Senet
Circa 3,500 BC
The royal game of Ur
Before 2,600 BC
Card and board games
Role playing games
Thank youhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/moriza/143855600/