Talking about games
Last night morsla , aeliel and a few others got together to talk about games. It was fun and seemed to work well.
The plan is to choose a new game every month, play it, and then get together to talk about it. Like a book club, but for games.
We talked about Osmos, which everyone except Chiara seemed to enjoy. The challenge was to get past "I liked it", "I didn't like it" discussions, and I was interested to see how that came about. Frankly, I was so nervous that I didn't really take much notice of anything, but it seemed to me that we really used Osmos as a jumping off point for talking about the wider topic of games.
We talked generally about games that were more or less like Osmos, and why. We discussed features of the game that we found interesting, and how they were reflected in other games. We talked about what we found frustrating, and what we loved.
All in all, it was a good beginning. I enjoyed it, anyway.
Next month, Oasis (or Defense of the Oasis on the iPad).
The plan is to choose a new game every month, play it, and then get together to talk about it. Like a book club, but for games.
We talked about Osmos, which everyone except Chiara seemed to enjoy. The challenge was to get past "I liked it", "I didn't like it" discussions, and I was interested to see how that came about. Frankly, I was so nervous that I didn't really take much notice of anything, but it seemed to me that we really used Osmos as a jumping off point for talking about the wider topic of games.
We talked generally about games that were more or less like Osmos, and why. We discussed features of the game that we found interesting, and how they were reflected in other games. We talked about what we found frustrating, and what we loved.
All in all, it was a good beginning. I enjoyed it, anyway.
Next month, Oasis (or Defense of the Oasis on the iPad).