There’s more to playing games than having fun, say those involved in a unique collaboration between Hasbro Inc. and the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Finer points such as cultural differences among players, portability of the game and avoiding domination by any one participant are among the factors that a new generation of designers and players is exploring.

Since September, 19 RISD undergraduate and graduate students majoring in three different disciplines – illustration, industrial design and digital media — have been studying the deeper side of game playing with an eye toward developing new games for the future. Board games are the focus of their study and, in particular, Hasbro’s Cranium game provided the initial model.

Full Story: Hasbro, RISD explore deeper side of play Source: Providence Business News, December 5th, 2009 Author: Denise Perreault Added on December 8th, 2009 at 10:09 am, by Matt Mikula