I worked with @jct.bsky.social and my dad on a project for the Strong, and I was just there during #SeriousPlay25. I also used to go there as a kid.
The love and care this organization puts into preserving the rich history of play and video games is second to none. Please, support if you can!
Serious Play Conference was seriously… fun!
#SeriousPlay25 #SeriousPlay #SeriousPlayConference #SeriousPlayConference25 #gamedev #gamedesign #seriousgames #Rochester
#ROCGameDev
#SeriousPlay25!! Hard to express in words how great of an experience it was. Such a wonderful group of people from such diverse backgrounds and walks of life. The talks were as insightful, interesting and playful as everyone I was fortunate enough to spend time with. Looking forward to next year!!
Ahh the glorious unwinding after a week of travel and play. Will gather my thoughts soon, but thank you everyone who I met at #SeriousPlay25! So many helpful insights, fascinating people, and genuinely fun and playful interactions.
I was THRILLED to host a book signing for The Psychgeist of Pop Culture at #SeriousPlay25
This series is rooted in academic generosity: mentorship, collaboration, and open access. I could not be more grateful for the generosity the #gamestudies community has shown me, and this series, in return.
Sharon Peck.
Dr. Jacobs (left) and Dr. Rose.
Dr. McNeil.
Dr. Fielder and the books that inspired him.
Highlights of day 3 of #seriousplay25! Dr. Peck makes #ttrpgs for classrooms to improve literacy. Dr. Rose & Jacobs presented research on play-based practice (and we played a fish game!). @edugamergal.bsky.social brings play to PD. @drpigeon.bsky.social told us about his semester long RPG! #EduSky
#seriousplay25 had such a highly concentrated group of awesome people using games to try and make the world a better place. Highly recommend for anyone interested in development of games aiming to educate or cause societal good.
Serious Play Conference 2025, day 3.
Serious Play Conference 2025, day 3.
Day 3 of #seriousplay25! Time for awards!
Serious Play 2025.
Serious Play 2025.
Serious Play 2025.
Serious Play 2025.
A delayed post on Wednesday's #SeriousPlay25 panel, where Kalli Colley and I spoke about #ttrpgs in education! We were so fortunate to be wonderfully moderated by Sana Alimohamed, and joined by panelists Sharon Lee De La Cruz, Phill Cameron, and Huaidian (Daniel) Hou. #kyedrpg #EduSky #TTRPGsky
Deb Fuller and Luigi Guarniccio.
Bert Snow.
Some highlights from Day 1 of #seriousplay25! Deb Fuller and Luigi Guarniccio talk about the need for accessibility in games. Bert Snow shared how combining games and primary resources are powerful.
#gamebasedlearning #EduSky
Hanging out at #SeriousPlay25 with my new teammates. We called ourselves Power Strangers and will save the world.
Note by doing this we are set up to maybe win things! Yay
Stephen Reid.
Stephen Reid.
In the Day Two keynote for #seriousplay25, Stephen Reid helped us see the power of play. Instead of suppressing it with policy and look it at as merely "childish," let's see what we can empower ALL of us to dream and innovate! #gamebasedlearning #kyedrpg #EduSky #TTRPGsky #LevelUpEDU
Barbara Chamberlin on developing VR experiences for Diatetic training #seriousplay25
HoloLens experience was great for perceptorships during the pandemic when medical students couldn’t be in person with patients
Developing a taxonomy of action for VR
A compelling project presented by Shaun Foster of a VR experience allowing you to try out usage of a 19th century printing press. Love how this allows for experiencing something normally out of reach (unlikely you’d have access to try out a tool like this in depth IRL!). #seriousplay25
#seriousplay25 day 2 keynote with @stephenreidedu.bsky.social - “Play Matters”. Lovely, funny, inspiring talk - assuming the recording gets posted, definitely give it a watch. Won’t do it justice here
Listing all the roles he’s taken in games - “I have not done any of those things - but I have”
Serious Play, Day 2!
Day 2 of #seriousplay25 begins!
I'll catch up with some pics from yesterday throughout the day.
#kyedrpg #gamebasedlearning #EduSky #TTRPGsky
What a day, Serious Play Conference.
Bonus: I got to play Death Race (it was shockingly difficult to run over the sprites?) and we managed to snap a Psychgeist author/editor meet up on the world's favorite stoop. #seriousplay25
Blonde woman with shoulder length hair in a black tank top signing a book.
Three people at a table with books with a man standing and flipping through one of the books.
If you happened to miss the signing by @drkowert.bsky.social at #seriousplay25, a few of the authors, including me, signed a bunch of Psychgeist copies. You should grab them before they’re gone. 👀
Discussion after Drew Davidson’s #seriousplay25 talk on collected stories in the field of play: In difficult times, play is hard, but powerful in how it helps us survive, connect, and see a path forward.
#seriousplay25 day 1 keynote from Michelle King. Many wonderful thoughts, just a few of which:
- How words and language are powerful tools for sensemaking and connection
- How context and location affect our understanding and perspectives
The #seriousplay25 keynote speaker for Day 1, Michelle King, had us reflect on language and words and how when we lose our language, we’re losing parts of ourselves. It made me think about how I’ve been hanging onto German with a death grip even though I don’t use it as often as I’d want.
Michelle King.
My word of the day!
Game: "Lost for Words."
Michelle King as our keynote. "Words create worlds...they can also be prisms, prisons, portals, or possibilities."
(Cards from the game "Lost for Words.")
#seriousplay25 #kyedrpg
Paul Darvasi starting us off at the first day of Serious Play Conference.
It begins! #seriousplay25 kicks off!
#kyedrpg
Flying from Louisville to Rochester.
Sunrise at 30,000 feet as I fly to Rochester for the Serious Play Conference!
I'll be posting from @kyedrpg.bsky.social the rest of the week. :)
#kyedrpg #kygoplay #gamebasedlearning #seriousplay25
Excited to be interviewed by @ttrpgkids.com! Thank you Steph!
Some shoutouts include @mcfarland.bsky.social @9thlevelgames.bsky.social @nerdlouisville.bsky.social
#kyedrpg #gamebasedlearning #LevelUpEDU #EduSky #TTRPGsky #kygoplay #dnd #dnd5e #seriousplay25 #AllinKY #UnitedWeLearnKY #KYILN
The #seriousplay25 conference starts next week! Please consider attending the session "Adventures in TTRPG: Building Learning Worlds with Dice, Devices, and Dialogue." I'll be a panelist alongside my colleague Kalli Colley!
#kyedrpg #kygoplay #gamebasedlearning #dnd #dnd5e #EduSky #LevelUpEDU
Nothing says "educator" like watching a #dungeonsanddragons live show and thinking, "How could I use this in the classroom?"
#levelupEDU #seriousplay25 #TTRPGcommunity #twentysidedtavern #TTRPGsky #EduSky #KyLchat #KYDLC #AllinKY #UnitedWeLearnKY #KYILN #ItsNextYearAlready #edtechelixirs
Back at #SeriousPlay25 with 2 sessions!
Sharing panel insights + early findings from my in-progress dissertation on esports, PBL & digital fluency. @SeriousPlay_Con
#SPesportsummit25 #digitaljoy
