flOw

Jenova Chen's Master's thesis was called "Flow in Games." One result of Jenova's explorations of Dr. Csikszentmihalyi's concept of Flow was a remarkably gentle, sweetly meditative, eat-everything-in-the-universe game called flOw - which is now, can you believe it, available for the Playstation.

There is something worthy of celebration here - the development of an innovative game, based in no small part on a similarly innovative way of thinking about fun, embraced in some significant part by the commercial world, all in the pursuit of a Master's degree.

Rejoice in your accomplishment, Jenova Chen, as we rejoice in it, your fellow followers of the Playful Path.

from Bernie DeKoven, funsmith