This post is from one of several previous incarnations of this site and probably doesn’t quite fit the current format. In a former life this was a group blog and a tumblelog before it became a static jekyll site. If anything looks broken or is worded oddly that could be why. Pardon the dust.
A great perceptive piece on “barely games”, imagination, collecting and play. Not so sold on the speculation as to how to manufacture these kinds of experiences, but recognising and understanding them is definitely important.