Tim Brown on creativity and play

They gave these MIT students a bunch of games, games that involved creativity, and motor skills, and concentration.

We have not created the heavens and the earth, and all that lies between them, out of fun.

We have not created the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them, out of play.

And We have not created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, unnecessarily.

And We did not create the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, just for play.

We created not the heaven and the earth, and whatsoever between them is, as playing

We created not the heavens and earth, and all that between them is, in play

And We created not the heaven and the earth and that which is in between in play.

And We created not the heavens and the earth and all that is in between the twain sporting.

We created not the heavens and the earth and all that is between them for a (mere) play.

And We created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, for mere play,

We did not create the sky and the earth and what is between them for amusement.

We did not create the heavens and the earth and what is between them to play.

We did not create in sport the heavens and the earth and all that lies between the two.

It was not in idle sport that We created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them.

We created not the heaven and the earth and all that is between them in play.

And We created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, in play.

We did not create the sky and the earth and whatever is between them for play.

We did not create the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them for play.

It was not in play that We created the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them.

It was not in play that We created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them.

And We did not create the heaven and earth and that between them in play.

And We did not create the heavens and earth and that between them in play.

We did not create the heavens and the earth just for fun.

We have not created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them for Our own amusement.

And We did not create the heaven and the earth and what is between them for sport.

And We did not create the heavens and the earth and what is between them in sport.

We did not idly create the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them

Not for (idle) sport did We create the heavens and the earth and all that is between!

We created not the heavens, the earth, and all between them, merely in (idle) sport

Create game...

Create Game

The Original

Create a local game

Create a network game

Create a new game collection

Create 3D games and worlds

So, one thing I found early on, when I started doing computer games, is that I could create puzzles that will alter your perception.

An innovative new strategy game

Create a new board game collection

Create a completely new game...

At the 2008 Serious Play conference, designer Tim Brown talks about the powerful relationship between creative thinking and play with many examples you can try at home .

Let's all build it together, let's do it well and have fun playing.

And you can see how we've tried to incorporate the issues that matter to them in the game that we've created.