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Jon Peterson is the author of Playing at the World, a deep dive into historical tabletop games leading up to Dungeons & Dragons, which just released its 2nd Edition. Jon is a fantastic source of knowledge on all things tabletop, and has travelled to several European museums to translate wargaming
March 27, 2026
Nick Ballou researches gaming habits and their effects on quality of life. He recently released a study with an unprecedented amount of data collected on gamers' play habits, and in addition to showing us his findings, the database is now open for anyone to use. Crucially, this study used
March 20, 2026
Why do we play? Not only that – why do we play more than any other animal, and for longer? Well into adulthood, in fact? Raph Koster, who's been on the podcast before, brought out A Theory of Fun in 2006, which aimed to put an evolutionary psychology lens
December 15, 2025