Some Favorite Media Options from the
Interactive Museum of Gaming and Puzzlery

• Pelada (2010, Tripod Media) - documentary about street soccer. Currently available on NetFlix.
• The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007, LargeLab) - documentary about Donkey Kong and overwrought egos. Brilliant.
• Wargames (1983, United Artists) - The Matthew Broderick classic. Where artificial intelligence WOPRs human intelligence.
• Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001, Agi Orsi & Vans Off the Wall) Documentary about the skateboard revolution of the 1970s in Southern California
• Endless Summer (1966, Bruce Brown Films) Documentary about surfing that is more than the sum of its parts.

• Homo Ludens (Johan Huizinga, Beacon Press 1950 - orig. 1944) Anthropology - a study of the play element in culture.
• Games of the North American Indians (Stewart Culin, Bison Books 1992 - orig. 1907) Anthropology - a survey of extant material in 1907.
• The Boardgame Book (R.C. Bell, Viking Press 1979) Game survey - beautiful images and descriptions of historic board games.
• The Book of Games (Jack Boterman, Sterling 2008) Game survey - Strategy, tactis, and history.