AnticiplayEveryone is a mystic poet: the secret trippiness at the heart of systems changeFar from being an esoteric subject, mystery is at the deepest level of systems change — and mystic poetry suffuses every day action.9 min read·2 days ago----
AnticiplayPeer-reviewed goosebumps: academic writing as a transmission of energyWhat happens if you write your papers as a way to transmit energy to people?9 min read·Feb 18, 2024--6--6
AnticiplayAll Rise — an inappropriately joyous game about fighting for the planetWe’re clashing Phoenix Wright, Disco Elysium and narrative deck building with the ecological crisis — to help fund real court cases.11 min read·Feb 9, 2024----
AnticiplayInfrastructures of mystery — scaffolding the wonder of existenceWhat if society would recognize and support the value of connecting to life’s mystery?11 min read·Jan 17, 2024--7--7
AnticiplayTake a course, build a video game, change the worldUtrecht University and the HKU University of the Arts help students build video games for better futures6 min read·Nov 6, 2023----
AnticiplayTransformative imaginationLinking resonant action, deeply creative practice, and imagination infrastructures15 min read·Oct 23, 2023--5--5
AnticiplayUnity and the destruction of imagination infrastructureCan we afford to have our collective imaginations be held hostage by profoundly short-sighted business decisions?6 min read·Sep 17, 2023----
AnticiplayHeart constellations: killing the capitalist god of lonelinessHow can loneliness be the starting point of social change? And how can games help?11 min read·Aug 11, 2023----
AnticiplayWonder + X: cosmic connection, difficult emotions, and real social changeHow can cosmic wonder and difficult but mobilizing emotions be combined to support social change?6 min read·Jul 26, 2023----
AnticiplayWhat great games and powerful social movements have in commonAric McBay writes about the common ground between games and social movements regarding attention, rules, escalation, power and…28 min read·Jun 26, 2023----