Bernie DeKoven

Awards 2006 Ifill-Raynolds award for "outstanding achievement in the field of fun" from the North American Simulation and Gaming Association

Books / publications Interplay: a curriculum for elementary school children, Office of Policy Planning and Development, School District of Philadelphia, 1971 "The Play Community" in The New Games Book, 1976 The Well-Played Game, 1978, updated edition 2002 , MIT Press edition August, 2013 Connected Executives: A Strategic Communications Plan, 1986 Junkyard Sports, 2004 Great Games for Big Activity Balls (with Todd Strong), 2009 A Playful Path, 2013 The Infinite Playground, 2020, with Celia Pearce and Holly Gramazio (editors),

Games and interactive media Ricochet (1981): one of the first abstract strategy games for computers by Automated Simulations (designer), E. Connelley, programmer Alien Garden (1982): one of the first computer art games. Released by Automated Simulations. (designer; programmed by Jaron Lanier) Light Waves (1984): computer game by Children's Computer Workshop (designer; prototype by Dave Winer) Junkyard Games (2008) business simulation game published by HRDQ (designer; manual by Ron Roberts)