Matthew Farber

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.

"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...

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.

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!)

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.

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

My latest for Edutopia: edut.to/4fqC7gf

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...

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.

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.

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

#EduSky #literacy

My latest for Edutopia: edut.to/4fqC7gf

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.

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...

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...

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

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...)

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

Decisions, decisions...

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 ...

🚨 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...

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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!

📣 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...

YouTube video by Games for Change The Well-Read Game: On Playing Thoughtfully Book Launch | G4C2025 Pre-Festival Session

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?...

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

📣 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...

YouTube video by Games for Change The Well-Read Game: On Playing Thoughtfully Book Launch | G4C2025 Pre-Festival Session

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?...

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 ...

“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

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…

🎮 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...

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!

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

Some pics of Will Merchant and me presenting Playful Inquiry at last week’s Colorado OER Conference. (Photos courtesy of the University of Northern Colorado, Woody Myers)

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

Thank you @ttrpgkids.com for a thorough and detailed review for our edited volume "Roll for Learning"! Thanks for reading through it and highlighting several key aspects of the volume. 👏🏻

Find "Roll for Learning" here, freely available:
playstorypress.org/books/roll-f...

#educationalgames #edusky

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