Comments on: Playing close to home http://greatwolf.blogpeoria.com/2007/11/07/playing-close-to-home/ Just a quiet corner of the Net where I will come to sit and think and write. Maybe you will find that I have something worthwhile to say. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:58:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Seth Ben-Ezra http://greatwolf.blogpeoria.com/2007/11/07/playing-close-to-home/#comment-22289 Seth Ben-Ezra Fri, 09 Nov 2007 19:05:07 +0000 http://greatwolf.blogpeoria.com/2007/11/07/playing-close-to-home/#comment-22289 Adiel, I had indeed thought about you when working on this. It does seem to be something that would be up your alley. So, yeah, remind me when we're in Erie, and I'll explain. Maybe we can even playtest. Adiel,

I had indeed thought about you when working on this. It does seem to be something that would be up your alley. So, yeah, remind me when we’re in Erie, and I’ll explain. Maybe we can even playtest.

]]> By: Adiel http://greatwolf.blogpeoria.com/2007/11/07/playing-close-to-home/#comment-22287 Adiel Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:14:01 +0000 http://greatwolf.blogpeoria.com/2007/11/07/playing-close-to-home/#comment-22287 Seth, I think that what you do as a game designer is very important to our culture today and for the church. I also hope you follow this idea through, even if creating this game requires more of you than you thought it would. Perhaps when I see you later this month you could explain it more? I have a feeling that "A Flower for Mara" is a game that I'd be able to connect to. Seth, I think that what you do as a game designer is very important to our culture today and for the church. I also hope you follow this idea through, even if creating this game requires more of you than you thought it would.
Perhaps when I see you later this month you could explain it more? I have a feeling that “A Flower for Mara” is a game that I’d be able to connect to.

]]> By: Gabrielle http://greatwolf.blogpeoria.com/2007/11/07/playing-close-to-home/#comment-22185 Gabrielle Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:14:47 +0000 http://greatwolf.blogpeoria.com/2007/11/07/playing-close-to-home/#comment-22185 I was talking to Dad today and he mentioned how our play directly relates to our lives and vice versus. We interact with real life issues through our games and stories and sometimes our games and stories point us to issues to think about. You were bouncing ideas for <i>A Flower for Mara</i> off of me and I could feel my experiences rise to front of my mind for me to draw on and it wasn't really unpleasant. I hope you pursue this idea to the end, Seth. There are things I want to say to people that won't walk out of my mouth or haven't had opportunity to. I think could give the opportunities and the space to say something without saying it and to express memories and sorrow that wouldn't otherwise be expressed. I am actually hoping that it ends up being close to home. I was talking to Dad today and he mentioned how our play directly relates to our lives and vice versus. We interact with real life issues through our games and stories and sometimes our games and stories point us to issues to think about. You were bouncing ideas for A Flower for Mara off of me and I could feel my experiences rise to front of my mind for me to draw on and it wasn’t really unpleasant.

I hope you pursue this idea to the end, Seth. There are things I want to say to people that won’t walk out of my mouth or haven’t had opportunity to. I think could give the opportunities and the space to say something without saying it and to express memories and sorrow that wouldn’t otherwise be expressed. I am actually hoping that it ends up being close to home.

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