joysticks!
In this podcast, the host, Jacquie Harris, interviews game designers about the most joyful part of making games for them. The point of this show is to have conversations about joy with people who engage with game systems and get joy from playing with them. Games encourage systems thinking, and imagination, and these are important ingredients in shaping a revolutionary world. I hope the joy sticks!
Episodes
welcome to another episode of joysticks!
I got to sit down with Dr. Jason Cox, a professor whose work is about LARP and education! You may know his games-- Five Hundred Year Old Vampire, Cash and Crumbs, Mantle in the Museum (with Dr. Lillian Lewis) and What to do about Michael?
The was so much genuine joy and nuance in this conversation! LARP is amazing!
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In this episode of joysticks! I had the privilege of talking to AnnaMaria Jackson Phelps about Violet Daisy games, about being a person breaking into making games, and also about making connections with and through games. I really enjoyed this conversation because I love talking about connection, and also because there was such a strong sense of community from games in AnnaMaria's words - these pockets of connection are the thing t...
This week I sit down with Randy Flynn - creator, most notably, of Cascadia, and its many forms, and talk about building in games, what makes games truly satisfying, and how it brings people together.
Be sure to check out Randy's latest Kickstarter for Cascadia: Alpine Lakes, going on right now!
NB: in the discussion about "longest road" we mentioned Ticket to Ride, but were talking about Settlers of Catan.
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In this episode of joysticks! jacquie harris sits down with Fertessa Allyse, creator of Wicked and Wise, Book of Villainy, Star Trek: Cryptic, Menagerie, and co-creator of Cascadia Junior.
joysticks! is a podcast dedicated to the notion that games and their creation are an excellent way to be imaginative about systems and structures of society, and this imagination is a pillar of a more revolutionary world.
In this second episode of joysticks! host, jacquie harris sits down with Banana Chan, a tabletop and analog game designer known for their co created work Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall, Betrayal at the House on the Hill Third Edition, fun variations of Kids on Bikes, Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, and Banana's latest game, Forgery.
Check out Banana Chan's game company Read/Write Memory here: https://www.gameandacurry.com/ho...
In this very first episode, joysticks! host, jacquie harris sits down with Rachel Fabi, a bioethics professor, jeopardy contestant, and creator of These Puzzles Fund Abortion to talk about the crossword puzzle community, the joy of creating crossword puzzles, and raising money for abortion funds.
You can support this cause at https://www.abortionpuzzles.com/
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