Mary Flanagan

play. At Tiltfactor, researchers study and make social games, urban games, and software that fosters a joyful commitment to humanistic principles, learning, and fun. Flanagan is the author, co-author, or editor of numerous books including Playing Oppression: The Legacy of Conquest and Empire in Colonial Board Games (2023, with Mikael Jakobsson), Critical Play (2009, MIT Press) and Values at Play in Digital Games (2014, MIT Press) with collaborator Helen Nissenbaum, based on the Values at Play project which gave rise to the popular Grow a Game deck. Flanagan has written more than 20 critical essays and chapters on games, empathy, gender, art and technology, and responsible design. She is also the creator of “The Adventures of Josie True,” the first web-based adventure game for girls. As an artist, her internationally-exhibited work ranges from game-inspired systems to computer viruses, embodied interfaces to interactive text, computational drawing to AI generated portraits. She has shown at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Guggenheim, ZKM Germany, and many other international venues. She is known to make art that often engages with games and play, such as her famous work [giantJoystick] (2006) and [Mapscotch] (2012). Flanagan has received many accolades for her work, including the 2018 Award of Distinction at Prix Arts Electronica in Interactive Art. She teaches at Dartmouth College. Brief Biography Mary Flanagan Books and Articles Abridged List of Awards, Exhibitions 2022 Golden Geek Best Party Game Nominee Phantom Ink 2021 "Best Family Game," Boston Festival of Independent Games Phantom Ink 2019 "Most Innovative" Game, Boston Festival of Indie Games (Boston FIG) - Tabletop 2019 Mechanica 2019 AutismLive, Top Game Award Awkward Moment 2019 Mensa Mind Game Finalist Visitor in Blackwood Grove 2018 Official Selection, Indie Megabooth, PAX East Showcase Visitor in Blackwood Grove 2018 Official Selection, Indie Megabooth, PAX East Showcase Visitor in Blackwood Grove 2017 Featured on Wil Wheaton's Tabletop, Season 4 Monarch 2016 Official Selection Indie Mega Booth, PAX East Showcase Monarch 2015 #2 Geek Buzz at Gen Con Monarch 2014 Game Changers of NH-"The Good Gamer" 2014 Buffalo chosen for "Doing It On the Table" board game exhibition at the Game Developer's Conference, San Francisco 2013 Meaningful Play Awards Best Digital Game for Awkward Moment 2013 Meaningful Play Awards Best Non-Digital Game for Pox: Save the People 2012 Major Fun Award for Zombiepox 2012 Iron Game Designer at IndieCade Festival Board Games 2023 Glitch Squad 2023 Retrograde 2022 Phantom Ink 2021 Surrealist Dinner Party 2019 Mechanica 2017 Visitor in Blackwood Grove 2015 Monarch 2012 Zombiepox 2012 Buffalo 2012 Awkward Moment 2011 POX: Save the People 2010 Grow-A-Game v.2.0 2010 Vexata 2008 Grow-A-Game Other Games 2014 Metadata Game's Stupid Robot 2013 POX: Save the Puppies 2012 Grow-a-Game app 2011 Metadata Games 2011 POX: Save the People iPad game 2009 Layoff 2009 Massively Multiplayer Urban Game 2008 Profit Seed 2008 Massively Multiplayer Urban Game 2002 The Adventures of Josie True II 2001 The Adventures of Josie True 1999 ACTive Prep American College Testing CD 1997 Jump Start Second Grade Math 1997 Madeline! Interactive Website 1996 Schoolhouse Rock: America Rock 1996 SkyTrip America: An Incredible Ride Through US History 1994 Nile: Passage to Egypt Recent Interviews 2021 Interview with Table for One 2020 Interview with Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona 2020 Dice Tower Podcast 2019 BGG Interview 2019 Interview with NHPR 2019 Interview with Mechanica's Designers 2018 BigThink 4 Interview 2018 Interview with NPR