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The Strong explores play and the ways in which it encourages learning, creativity, and discovery and illuminates cultural history. Through its re:Play, CHEGheads Blog and Play Stuff Blog, The Strong’s curators, educators, and play scholars offer information, insights, and anecdotes that illuminate the history and psychology of play.
Recent blog posts
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CHEGheads Blog May 15, 2012Recently, ICHEG added the controversial arcade game Death Race to its collections. Released by ...
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Play Stuff Blog May 15, 2012“Plunk yer magic Twanger, Froggy!” Back in the early 1950s, these magic words enabled that ...
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re:Play Blog May 11, 2012The French have a saying: les pensées d’escalier, “thoughts on the stairs,” or in America, we ...
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Play Stuff Blog May 08, 2012Do you ever find yourself wishing that you could be a child again, just for a few hours? Don’t ...
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CHEGheads Blog May 03, 2012Nearly 600,000 guests come to The Strong annually, and many consider a visit to the arcade in ...
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Play Stuff Blog May 01, 2012Consider a paradox: people who play the fastest devote great lengths of time to doing so. This ...
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re:Play Blog Apr 27, 2012Less than a minute into my scheduled interview with world-renowned sculptor Albert Paley, we ...
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CHEGheads Blog Apr 26, 2012PBS recently launched the Idea Channel, a bi-weekly series that examines the evolving ...
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Play Stuff Blog Apr 25, 2012…except when it comes to toys. We spend a lot of time talking about the way the media portrays ...
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CHEGheads Blog Apr 20, 2012Players disagree about what constitutes cheating. In her book, Cheating: Gaining Advantage in ...
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