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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 4d

"With the foundation provided in 'The Well-Read Game,' players now have strong guidelines to experience their games to the fullest." — The Journal of Popular Culture

Matthew Farber (@docfarber.bsky.social) and Tracy Fullerton's "The Well-Read Game" is available now: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255223...

Hand holding a copy of "The Well-Read Game: On Playing Thoughtfully" by Tracy Fullerton and Matthew Farber. The book features an illustration of a girl reading a book while floating in the sky. Two winged game controllers fly behind her.

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Anzal @anzal.bsky.social · 8d

Psyched to get into reading The Well-Read Game by Tracy Fullerton and @docfarber.bsky.social for our book club! We got so excited when we found out about the toolkit for book clubs (and an upcoming card game!)

An e-reader displaying the book cover for "The Well-Read Game: On Playing Thoughtfully." The cover shows a stylized animated character floating in the clouds reading a book.

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Matthew Farber @docfarber.bsky.social · 10d

Our book was just reviewed in The Journal of Popular Culture - Wiley Online Library! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The Well‐Read Game: On Playing Thoughtfully. By Tracy Fullerton and Matthew Farber. By Tracy Fullerton and Matthew Farber, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2025. 244 pp. $40.00 (Paperback). ISBN: 978‐0‐26‐255223‐3

Click on the article title to read more.

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Matthew Farber @docfarber.bsky.social · Aug 12

My latest for Edutopia: edut.to/4fqC7gf

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Matthew Farber @docfarber.bsky.social · Aug 23

Just over one week left to submit an abstract for this special issue of the Well Played Journal based on the ideas from our new book, The Well-Read Game: On Playing Thoughtfully!! More info here on the call for abstracts and submission process: playstorypress.org/2025/06/16/w...

Well Played Journal CfP: Well Read Games – Play Story Press

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Camilla Zamboni @czamboni.bsky.social · Aug 19

I will be speaking on August 21, 10-11:15 am in Beefeater about building playful communities of research and practice through the example of the recent playable volume "Roll for Learning" that I co-edited with @docfarber.bsky.social and Will Merchant.

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Edutopia @edutopia.org · Aug 14

Want to foster the mindset students need to appreciate great literature? Try approaching video games as texts! 🎮 📖 Here’s how.

#EduSky #literacy

Video Games Are a Playful Way to Guide Students to Unlock Meaning in Literature

By approaching games as texts, teachers can foster the mindset students need to appreciate great literature.

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Matthew Farber @docfarber.bsky.social · Aug 12

My latest for Edutopia: edut.to/4fqC7gf

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Matthew Farber @docfarber.bsky.social · Aug 6

By approaching games as texts, teachers can foster the mindset students need to appreciate great literature. My latest for @edutopia.org: www.edutopia.org/article/inte...

Video Games Are a Playful Way to Guide Students to Unlock Meaning in Literature

By approaching games as texts, teachers can foster the mindset students need to appreciate great literature.

www.edutopia.org

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Matthew Farber @docfarber.bsky.social · Aug 5

Yes! Would love to hear more!! btw Tracy and I are co-editing a special issue of Well-Played on our approach. Call for abstracts are still open :) playstorypress.org/2025/06/16/w...

Well Played Journal CfP: Well Read Games – Play Story Press

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Matthew Farber @docfarber.bsky.social · Aug 5

Congrats!! And thx for the shout-out! :)

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Nisha Devasia @nishadevasia.bsky.social · Aug 5

In current work, we're building tools for helping kids reflect more deeply on their gaming to hopefully spur some of the processing required for those experiences to become personally meaningful. Fullerton & Farber's theory of player response is a huge inspo here. (see bsky.app/profile/docf...)

Matthew Farber @docfarber.bsky.social · May 20

🚨 New blog alert! "A New Theory of Player Response," about Tracy Fullerton @kinojabber.bsky.social and my new book! clalliance.org/blog/a-new-t...

A New Theory of Player Response - Connected Learning Alliance

In Tracy Fullerton’s and my new book, The Well-Read Game: On Playing Thoughtfully, part of The MIT Press’ Playful Thinking series, we propose a new framework of interpretive play. This framework is a ...

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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · Jul 30

Decisions, decisions...

difficult decision meme
button one: get some writing done
button two: post memes about writing

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Matthew Farber @docfarber.bsky.social · May 20

🚨 New blog alert! "A New Theory of Player Response," about Tracy Fullerton @kinojabber.bsky.social and my new book! clalliance.org/blog/a-new-t...

A New Theory of Player Response - Connected Learning Alliance

In Tracy Fullerton’s and my new book, The Well-Read Game: On Playing Thoughtfully, part of The MIT Press’ Playful Thinking series, we propose a new framework of interpretive play. This framework is a ...

clalliance.org

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Matthew Farber @docfarber.bsky.social · May 26

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The Connected Learning Lab @thecllab.bsky.social · May 26

Video games, like novels, can give meaning through its playable narratives and provide a mirror to its players, or a sliding “glass door” into other cultures.

⭐CLA Blog - A New Theory of Player Response: connectedlearning.news/cla052025

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#LearningThroughPlay

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Matthew Farber @docfarber.bsky.social · Jun 6

Tracy Fullerton's (@kinojabber.bsky.social)j blog post for Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, in which she shares key ideas from our new book! Check it out!

Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop @cooneycenter.bsky.social · Jun 6

🎮 We're delighted to share Tracy Fullerton's latest blog post, about her new book with ‪@docfarber.bsky.social‬ exploring how co-playing video games can foster empathy, cooperation, and meaningful connection among players of all ages. Read here: joanganzcooneycenter.org/2025/05/29/p...

Playing Well Together: The Possibilities of Co-Play in Well-Read Games

Back in 2008, when my niece was a pre-teen, I spent a lot of time thinking about how to nurture our relationship as she moved beyond childhood into those precarious years when children and their…

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Matthew Farber @docfarber.bsky.social · Jun 16

📣 Play Story Press is accepting submissions for a special Well Played journal issue based on the theories and techniques proposed in Tracy Fullerton @kinojabber.bsky.social and my book, The Well-Read Game (The MIT Press). playstorypress.org/2025/06/16/w...

Well Played Journal CfP: Well Read Games – Play Story Press

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Matthew Farber @docfarber.bsky.social · Jun 13

The Well-Read Game: On Playing Thoughtfully Book Launch | G4C2025 Pre-Festival Session, where Tracy Fullerton @kinojabber.bsky.social and I discuss our new book with Jim Gee -- now on YouTube! youtu.be/-UMQ0mwwsq8?...

The Well-Read Game: On Playing Thoughtfully Book Launch | G4C2025 Pre-Festival Session

YouTube video by Games for Change

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Matthew Farber @docfarber.bsky.social · Jun 22

I’ll be speaking at the 22nd Games for Change Festival THIS WEEK(!)... on June 26–27 at Parsons School of Design in NYC! 🎮✨ Join me and Tracy Fullerton as we explore Reading Games Well: How Players Evoke Personal and Subjective Meanings. 👉 Grab your ticket today! bit.ly/3DCePWl

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Matthew Farber @docfarber.bsky.social · Jun 16

📣 Play Story Press is accepting submissions for a special Well Played journal issue based on the theories and techniques proposed in Tracy Fullerton @kinojabber.bsky.social and my book, The Well-Read Game (The MIT Press). playstorypress.org/2025/06/16/w...

Well Played Journal CfP: Well Read Games – Play Story Press

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Matthew Farber @docfarber.bsky.social · Jun 13

The Well-Read Game: On Playing Thoughtfully Book Launch | G4C2025 Pre-Festival Session, where Tracy Fullerton @kinojabber.bsky.social and I discuss our new book with Jim Gee -- now on YouTube! youtu.be/-UMQ0mwwsq8?...

The Well-Read Game: On Playing Thoughtfully Book Launch | G4C2025 Pre-Festival Session

YouTube video by Games for Change

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The Connected Learning Lab @thecllab.bsky.social · Jun 13

“Like Rosenblatt’s reader-response theory, readers often respond differently and personally to how they interpret playable narratives.“

🎮 @docfarber.bsky.social and @tracyfullerton.bsky.social proposes a new framework of interprative play in their new book: connectedlearning.news/cla052025

A New Theory of Player Response - Connected Learning Alliance

In Tracy Fullerton’s and my new book, The Well-Read Game: On Playing Thoughtfully, part of The MIT Press’ Playful Thinking series, we propose a new framework of interpretive play. This framework is a ...

connectedlearning.news

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Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop @cooneycenter.bsky.social · Jun 6

🎮 We're delighted to share Tracy Fullerton's latest blog post, about her new book with ‪@docfarber.bsky.social‬ exploring how co-playing video games can foster empathy, cooperation, and meaningful connection among players of all ages. Read here: joanganzcooneycenter.org/2025/05/29/p...

Playing Well Together: The Possibilities of Co-Play in Well-Read Games

Back in 2008, when my niece was a pre-teen, I spent a lot of time thinking about how to nurture our relationship as she moved beyond childhood into those precarious years when children and their…

bit.ly

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Matthew Farber @docfarber.bsky.social · Jun 6

Tracy Fullerton's (@kinojabber.bsky.social)j blog post for Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, in which she shares key ideas from our new book! Check it out!

Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop @cooneycenter.bsky.social · Jun 6

🎮 We're delighted to share Tracy Fullerton's latest blog post, about her new book with ‪@docfarber.bsky.social‬ exploring how co-playing video games can foster empathy, cooperation, and meaningful connection among players of all ages. Read here: joanganzcooneycenter.org/2025/05/29/p...

Playing Well Together: The Possibilities of Co-Play in Well-Read Games

Back in 2008, when my niece was a pre-teen, I spent a lot of time thinking about how to nurture our relationship as she moved beyond childhood into those precarious years when children and their…

bit.ly

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Matthew Farber @docfarber.bsky.social · May 30

Join our virtual book launch, one of three FREE virtual sessions leading up to the 2025 Games for Change Festival!
📅 June 10, 2025
⏰ 4:00–5:30 PM PT | 7:00–8:30 PM ET
📺 Livestream: buff.ly/DtuODhq
🗓️ Add to calendar: evt.to/eidieimuw

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