The Cardboard Renaissance: Analog Games Take Off

In a digital world, analog games are having a surprising—and explosive—renaissance.

By Eric J. Francis | September 5, 2018 | Community, Culture, Relationships | Aeronaut Brewing, Analog Game Studies Journal, Analog Games, Asmodée, Board Game Cafes, Board Games, Carcassonne, Cards Against Humanity, Catan, CMON, Codenames, Cosmic Encounter, David Sax, Dice Tower Network, Face-to-Face Interaction, Friendship, Galaxy Trucker, Games, Gaming, Gen Con, Getting a Life: The Social Worlds of Geek Culture, Magic: The Gathering, PAX, Penny Arcade, Personal Interaction, Social Interaction, Spiel Fair, Tabletop Games, The Revenge of Analog, Video Games

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Q&A with David Sax, Author of The Revenge of Analog

Our own Art Keller chats with author David Sax about the themes in his book The Revenge of Analog.

By Art Keller | July 25, 2018 | Culture, Journalism, Media, Psychology, Publishing, Society, Well-Being | Advertising, Analog, Board Games, Books, Cameras, CDs, Choice, David Sax, Digital Technology, eBooks, Education, Embodiment, Film, Food Service, Gaming Culture, iPads, Magazines, Newspapers, Physicality, Presence, Print Media, Records, Smartphones, Social Disconnection, Tangible, The Paradox of Choice, Third Space, vinyl, Virtual Reality

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Tangible Things and Why They Matter

In The Revenge of Analog, David Sax explains how the lure of things like vinyl records and paperback books is on the rise, with good reason.

By Cecile Andrews | September 6, 2017 | Culture, Education, Philosophy, Relationships, Society | Addiction, Analog, Barbara Ehernreich, Books, Community, Conversation, Dancing, David Sax, Digital, Education, Empathy, Joy, Notebooks, Paper, Protest, Real, Records, Senses, Sherry Turkle, Tangible, Teaching, Thoreau, vinyl, Walden

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