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  • The Toy Box Fortress and the Comfort of Melkkos
    Fruitloop's Reflections

    The Toy Box Fortress and the Comfort of Melkkos

    ByJanita Le Grange 8 May 20268 May 2026

    What happened in Fruitloop world this week? Well, this is where it gets interesting. We knew winter was coming, but we expected a few more warm days and sunshine to enjoy. The weather man, however, had a completely different plan. We moved from summer and warm winter days straight into floods and cold. Everything is…

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  • The City of Dreams and the Penguin Joke
    Embracing the "What if" | Play

    The City of Dreams and the Penguin Joke

    BySarah 7 May 2026

    Today started with chaos. My computer was doing weird things again, and Fruitloop asked me if I had the good computer or the bad one. Honestly, I didn’t even know what happened, but finally it worked, so it was okay. I was really tired. Like really really tired. I had a huge weekend and almost…

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  • Ferrari Minds and Chocolate Rewards
    Gamification of tasks | Play

    Ferrari Minds and Chocolate Rewards

    ByJanita Le Grange 7 May 2026

    Coming back home after four months away felt unreal. The second I walked into my room at my parents’ house in Alsace, I finally breathed properly again. Everything smelled familiar, even if the room itself looked like a storage war zone because I had dumped half my apartment into it. Between unpacking, reorganizing everything, and…

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  • Flea Markets, Diaper Cars, and the Great Elastic-Twist Olympics
    Games we loved as kids

    Flea Markets, Diaper Cars, and the Great Elastic-Twist Olympics

    ByBabette 7 May 2026

    Some weekends arrive quietly and peacefully. Mine arrived carrying a flea market, a wedding anniversary, Mother’s Day, school projects, birthday surprises, and one tragically shattered ceramic grater. Janita — or Fruitloop, as I like to call her — started the conversation by asking whether I was excited about my birthday. Excited might have been too…

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  • Pablo the Phone and the International Crisis of Sleep
    Play | Playful thinking

    Pablo the Phone and the International Crisis of Sleep

    ByNathalie & Rosii 7 May 20268 May 2026

    I knew Thursday was already becoming dramatic before I had even left my bed. The moment I opened my eyes and saw the time — six fifty — my heart nearly stopped. Not because the world was ending, but because I had missed Lunch with the Mayor and Fruitloop again. For two weeks in a…

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  • Shoes in the Hallway, Soup on the Stove, and Other Small Games of Daily Life
    Creative Play in daily life | Play

    Shoes in the Hallway, Soup on the Stove, and Other Small Games of Daily Life

    BySylvie 6 May 20267 May 2026

    Yesterday, Janita had rain all day. The real kind of rain. The kind that settles in for hours and makes the whole world feel grey and wet and slightly tired. Her father had measured fifty millimetres in the garden and she repeated the number twice, laughing a little at how serious it sounded. By morning…

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  • Childhood, With No Risk Assessment
    Games we loved as kids | Play

    Childhood, With No Risk Assessment

    ByMartin & Manfred 6 May 20266 May 2026

    Manfred I learned very early in life to minimize input and maximize output. Other children may have mistaken this for laziness, but I would call it strategy, and The Mayor, asking the questions, seemed to understand that childhood games were never just games. They were early laboratories for power, efficiency, and plausible deniability. Football was…

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  • Maybe Play Is Also a Serious Thing
    Breaking routine through play | Play

    Maybe Play Is Also a Serious Thing

    ByIsmar & Ritesh 4 May 2026

    When Ritesh appeared on the screen, the first thing was not really the subject of the meeting. It was darkness. The Mayor joked with him, asking if his wife was planning some romantic evening with candles, but Ritesh explained it was not romance. It was a power cut. He was in his native place, not…

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  • Games Were Never Just Games
    Games we loved as kids | Play

    Games Were Never Just Games

    ByAlexander 4 May 2026

    I found this conversation more difficult than I expected. Part of it was the language, of course. When I speak English, I can say what I mean, but sometimes I need time. I search for the right word. I start a sentence, then I stop, then I try again. Some topics are easy because they…

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  • Embracing the What If: Monday at Eight Was Already Gone
    Embracing the "What if" | Play

    Embracing the What If: Monday at Eight Was Already Gone

    ByRalf the Grillmeister 4 May 20264 May 2026

    Monday, eight o’clock in the morning, and the day was already gone. Finished. That is what I said to The Mayor when we started our weekly meeting. Monday was there, yes, but in my head it was already running away from me. The week had begun, the work was waiting, the normal things were standing…

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