Archive - Play and words

In the name of Love

Pride remains a beautiful film which still has things to say to us today

Jun 30 •

Raving about the Ravens

Maggie Stiefvater's corvids are too magnificent to be pigeon-holed.

Jun 14 •

May 2025

Mollies and Dolls

A brilliant game far more timely than it ought to be.

May 17 •

More than one way to skin a diversity

Two contrasting but valuable approaches to neurodiversity will move the conversation forward as well as being great, wholesome, funny reads.

May 1 •

April 2025

Personality goes a long way

I am so out of sync with video games criticism it makes my head spin.

Apr 28 •

March 2025

Freudian slip-up

Unconscious mind is too busy being pretty and clever to be... fun.

Mar 21 •

Feeding the Monster

A really fabulous book on something I thought I had no interest in: horror movies.

Mar 11 •

February 2025

How much cosy is too much cosy?

Scott Almes' latest wallet game just skirts the edges of over-cosy, mainly by being compelling and a tiny bit infuriating.

Feb 17 •

December 2024

Some music to get you through Christmas

We have reached the period of the year when, by law, we all have to listen to the same 12 songs over and over and over and over. Here are some…

Dec 12, 2024 •

The life of game

Tim Clare applies his poetic skills to the history and joy of play- favourite things #2

Dec 9, 2024 •

November 2024

The Joy of Root

Favourite things #1- a pre-Christmas series

Nov 28, 2024 •

October 2024

What if On Liberty was published today?

I'm not reviewing JS Mill because I'm not a total idiot. But he did get me thinking.

Oct 19, 2024 •

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