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Game Design Advance Mar.26.07<\/p>\n
| Did you play Peacemaker?<\/p>\n
– It’s actually pretty good (Oren)<\/p>\n
| Office Politics<\/p>\n
– Werewolf has a built-in dramatic arc<\/p>\n
> Minimum 3 day and night cycles
\n> Office Politics can end on the first turn<\/p>\n
– This is bad
\n– How can this be fixed?<\/p>\n
> Anyone can be a leak for 3 turns (Oren)<\/p>\n
– During the night, the first three people to put their heads up are whistleblowers<\/p>\n
> Maybe the boss needs more power (Frank)
\n> In Werewolf everyone has a role, not true of Office Politics<\/p>\n
– Maybe each person should have a role<\/p>\n
– Play the “Great Dalmudi”<\/p>\n
> A version of ‘Asshole’ done by Richard Garfield<\/p>\n
– Bob as cut-scene<\/p>\n
| Infectious Disease<\/p>\n
– Some talk of the novel ‘Blindness’<\/p>\n
| Get the Glass<\/p>\n
– Most expensive Flash game ever made
\n– No game designer (Frank)
\n– Design firm, Scandanavian, North Kingdom
\n– ‘Bunny Surgery’<\/p>\n
| James Paul Gee<\/p>\n
– “What Game Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy”
\n– Embedded in the work is a critique of the modern school system
\n– Thinks that games are at the forefront of what we can do
\n– Very responsible (Bob)<\/p>\n
> From the point of view of a parent
\n> Well organized<\/p>\n
– Appreciated it from the perspective of a High School teacher (Charley)<\/p>\n
> Learn from the principles of games<\/p>\n
– How does any game make kids smarter? (Frank)
\n– Connections back to education are thin (Josh)<\/p>\n
> He goes into more detail elsewhere (Robert)<\/p>\n
– Developed 36 principles of good game design (Robert)<\/p>\n
– Great for psychology of gamers (Kunal)<\/p>\n
> Talking about things that shouldn’t be in schools (Kunal)<\/p>\n
– Unspoken assumption that school should prepare you for the workplace (Frank)
\n– Agency is the umbrella term, what’s missing from education (Josh)
\n– Biggest problem is that he always goes to himself (Oren)<\/p>\n
> Needs more perspectives (Oren)
\n> “But you yourself don’t want to do it” (Frank)<\/p>\n
– System thinking is my favorite (Frank)<\/p>\n
> I like it the least (Thomas)
\n> You adapt to a system to the point that you obey it (Thomas)<\/p>\n
| Playing With Your Head<\/p>\n
– A lot of work studying TV and videogames<\/p>\n
> Ask kids to draw their family (Thomas)
\n> Watching TV makes you draw more conventionally<\/p>\n
– Same thing for videogames (Thomas)
\n– Sounds like pseudo-science (Frank)<\/p>\n
– People design ideology into their games (Oren)<\/p>\n
> Will Wright and public transportation<\/p>\n
– A lot of critical theory in 20c. took place in shadow of fascism (Frank)<\/p>\n
> How do we avoid becoming fascist?
\n> If video games are making us obedient, then that’s important (Frank)<\/p>\n
– The main thing is that games make you think about systems (Frank)<\/p>\n
> You’re looking in from the outside (Frank)
\n> Comes down to being a good gamer or a smart gamer (Frank)<\/p>\n
– Plenty of games call attention to themselves as games (Bob)
\n– What’s important is critical thinking (Leah)<\/p>\n
| Are Games Art?<\/p>\n
– It sounds like he wants to put Okami in an art gallery (Bob)<\/p>\n
| System designer vs. System thinker (Robert)
\n| If you can read a book, you can write a book, but this isn’t true for games (Thomas)
\n| Games are toy fascism (Frank)<\/p>\n
– Good games don’t produce fascism (Frank)<\/p>\n
| Beauty and Goodness are not the same thing (Thomas)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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