Join JD and Lisa P. for Episode 08 as we unpack the question of rules. When are rules in games fun? When are they a real snore-fest? What's the value of rules vs. creativity in play and language-learning? Lisa P. is a full-time public school teacher for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing finishing up her Master's in special education at the University of Northern Colorado. Lisa doesn't play video games, but loves to play regular old games (aka board games and tabletop games), and the differences between the two makes all the difference for her.
Growing up, Lisa did play a few computer games, but at the time didn't really think of them as video games. The games she played were mostly creative and open, not bound by what she thought of as the defining characteristics of video games: narrative and objectives. Not all games with rules throw her off though. A lover of people-to-people connections, Lisa does enjoy the deeply social nature of board games, rules and all. She uses that drive for conversation in her classroom, where she teaches young students about the world of words through gameplay. Rules play a part in the way she helps children learn about language. As it turns out, learning to communicate with other people isn't so different from learning the rules for how to play a game!
This is the third episode in a series of interviews about video games with people who don't like playing video games, inspired by Brie Code and a panel from SXSW (titled "Video Games for People Who Don't Like Video Games"). See Episode 06: Crying in a Closet, an interview with non-gamer Bailey Morrison about games and anxiety, for part one in the series, and Episode 07: The Pleasures of Back-seat Gaming with game spectator and eSports lover Nora Green, for part two.
Stuff we mentioned...
Wii Fit
Wii Sports
Barbie Fashion Designer
Barbie Magic Hair Styler
Beasts of Balance
Skylanders
Talk With Me Barbie
Rollercoaster Tycoon
Pokemon Snap
Monopoly
Codenames
Heads Up
Use and Pragmatics of Language
Don't Spill the Beans
Cootie Game
Tell Tale
The Sims
JD (The Broad)
Website: GamingBroadly.com
Twitter: @JayDeeCepticon
Instagram: @JayDeeCepticon
Lisa P. (The Cast)
Twitter: @PilgrimDeafEd
Gaming Broad(cast) is the official podcast of GamingBroadly.com. Thank you to everyone who has liked, subscribed, and commented about Gaming Broad(cast) on Apple Podcasts! You can also follow this podcast on Spotify, Podbean, Stitcher, Google Music, or subscribe directly using our RSS feed. Want some gamey goodness in your email inbox? Sign up for some occasional(ly) playful newsletter updates. Thanks to Los Kurados for the use of their song "Rojo Y Azul" for the intro and outro music of our podcast.
Ep. 27: Savepoint (The Game's Not Over Yet)
Ep. 26: Appalachians Play Everquest, II (Playing Appalachia Part 7)
Ep. 25: Death Mountain Lifestyle (Playing Appalachia Part 6)
Ep. 24: Gaming Religion (Live Recording from SXSW 2018)
Ep. 23: The Streamers of Madison County (Playing Appalachia Part 5)
Ep. 22: Modding Appalachia (Playing Appalachia Part 4)
Ep. 21: Rural Flight, Virtually Speaking (Playing Appalachia Part 3)
Ep. 20: #ReclaimTheBasement (Live Recording from PAX South 2018)
Ep. 19: Kentucky Route Zero and the Route to Appalachia (Playing Appalachia Part 2)
Ep. 18: What Games Are Getting Right About Appalachia (Playing Appalachia Part 1)
Ep. 17: Triple A Blues (Developer Doldrums Part 3)
Ep. 16: Long Distance Bromance (Developer Doldrums Part 2)
Ep. 15: Grief, Game Development, and the Emotional Significance of Oatmeal (Developer Doldrums Part 1)
Ep. 14: The Violent Femmes of Women's Rugby (Violence & Video Games Part 5)
Ep. 13: The Unbearable Anxiety of Tweeting (Violence & Video Games Part 4)
Ep. 12: Why Are You Afraid of Virtual Reality? (Violence & Video Games Part 3)
Ep. 11: Why Are You So Angry? (Violence & Video Games Part 2)
Ep. 10: Moral Combat--Why the War on Violent Video Games is Wrong (Violence & Video Games Part 1)
Ep. 09: Improv Games and the Art of Failure (Video Games with People Who Don't Like Playing Video Games Part 4)
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