{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fe7fe64e6-c63a-4c2b-aa06-327579f6460f","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"Re-issue of the Chaim Gingold (Earth Primer, Spore) segment from Ep1\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/e7fe64e6-c63a-4c2b-aa06-327579f6460f\"></iframe>","title":"Re-issue of the Chaim Gingold (Earth Primer, Spore) segment from Ep1","description":"<p>In celebration of the release of a Mac version of the award-winning app Earth Primer \u2014 a science book for playful people \u2014 I thought it&#39;d be nice to dig out the segment I did with its creator, Chaim Gingold, back in episode 1, and clean it up for re-release (with a brief update on Chaim&#39;s current situation and a note about Earth Primer&#39;s Mac release thrown in there as well).</p>\n\n<p>Chaim was at the time a PhD student at the University of California Santa Cruz and researcher at the <a href=\"http://www.cdglabs.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Communications Design Group</a>. He was writing his thesis on play design, which he&#39;s now finished (and is looking for a job). He&#39;s best-known for developing the Creature Creator for Maxis&#39; SimEverything game Spore, and more recently for his Earth Primer iPad (and now also Mac) app.</p>\n\n<p>Earth Primer purchase links:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1290412007?&at=1000lGtI\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mac App Store</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/app/id956678532?&at=1000lGtI\" rel=\"nofollow\">iPad App Store</a></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>For more info, you can also head to <a href=\"http://earthprimer.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">earthprimer.com</a>.</p><p><a href=\"http://patreon.com/ludiphilia\" rel=\"payment\">Support Ludiphilia</a></p>\n","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/53023765-f683-4079-9a83-1df800cdbff7/2494328-1571271847533-c28ece99d33ce.jpg"}