To PLAY is the thing with Bernie DeKoven

<p>Bernie DeKoven was an American game designer, author, lecture and fun theorist. Over the course of his 45-year career he explored how fun and playfulness can positively affect every aspect of personal and interpersonal, community and institutional health. He authored <a href="https://mitpress.mit.edu/index.php?q=books/well-played-game"><em>The Well-Played Game</em></a>&nbsp;(originally published by Doubleday in 1978 and reissued in 2013 by MIT Press) as well as&nbsp;<a href="http://www.humankinetics.com/products/all-products/junkyard-sports"><em>Junkyard Sports</em></a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.aplayfulpath.com/the-book/"><em>A Playful Path</em></a>&nbsp;(over 654,000 downloads), and a CD&nbsp;<a href="https://www.deepfun.com/recess/"><em>Recess for the Soul</em></a><em>,&nbsp;</em>demonstrating how to have more fun in your inner playground.</p>