Jesper Juul is a Danish game designer, educator, and theorist in the field of video game studies. He is an associate professor at the Danish Design School. Juul is co-editor, with William Uricchio and Geoffrey Long, of the MIT Press Playful Thinking series. He has previously worked at the New York University Game Center, Comparative Media Studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the Center for Computer Games Research at the IT University of Copenhagen. Born in Denmark, in 1970, he graduated from the University of Copenhagen where he earned a M.A. degree in Nordic literature. He earned a PhD. in video game theory from the IT University of Copenhagen.
Jesper Juul
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- Born:
- Aug. 7, 1970
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Books by Jesper Juul

Uncertainty in Games (2013, MIT Press)
Uncertainty in Games
by Greg Costikyan, Mia Consalvo, Jesper Juul, and 2 others

Play Matters (2014, MIT Press)
Play Matters
by Miguel Sicart, Mia Consalvo, Jesper Juul, and 2 others

Fun, Taste, and Games (2019, MIT Press)
Fun, Taste, and Games
by John Sharp, David Thomas, Jesper Juul, and 2 others

Playing Smart (2018, MIT Press)
Playing Smart
by Julian Togelius, Jesper Juul, Geoffrey Long, and 2 others

How Games Move Us (2016, MIT Press)
How Games Move Us
by Katherine Isbister, Mia Consalvo, Jesper Juul, and 2 others