EPISODE · Jul 16, 2017 · 51 MIN
Bernie De Koven-Improv Interview
from Improv Interviews · host Margot Escott
Bernie De Koven, the master of play, shares his experience in the art and therapy of play! Bernie brings joy and love wherever he goes and is known as the "Shaman of Play," Bernie a leading fun theorist who has shown over the course of his 45 year career how fun and playfulness lead to some of the most important trends in games today, from large scale community games to casual game apps. He is the author of The Well-Played Game (originally published by Doubleday in 1978 and reissued in 2013 by MIT Press), A Playful Path (over 640,000 downloads), and a CD Recess for the Soul. He continues to make his work publicly available through his seminars and websites: http://www.deepfun.com and A Playful Pathhttp://www.aplayfulpath.com/
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Bernie De Koven, the master of play, shares his experience in the art and therapy of play! Bernie brings joy and love wherever he goes and is known as the "Shaman of Play," Bernie a leading fun theorist who has shown over the course of his 45 year career how fun and playfulness lead to some of the most important trends in games today, from large scale community games to casual game apps. He is the author of The Well-Played Game (originally published by Doubleday in 1978 and reissued in 2013 by MIT Press), A Playful Path (over 640,000 downloads), and a CD Recess for the Soul. He continues to make his work publicly available through his seminars and websites: http://www.deepfun.com and A Playful Pathhttp://www.aplayfulpath.com/
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