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“No one will ever have any answers, but we will make everything far more complicated” - Holly
We’re joined by Holly Nielsen, PHD Candidate at Royal Holloway to talk about documenting not just the games that are played, but the way people play them. We also talk about the cycle of conversations about the value of play and how "politics" is defined feat: Alex CG (they/them), Alex P (he/him) and Shay T (she/her).
This episode is also available as a video: https://youtu.be/1n6isBGs9rY
0:00 Intro and Hello
03:34 Politics, Morals and Class in play
10:40 Distinguishing between games and play
13:50 Customising games and rules
17:00 Reframing intention and meaning
23:10 Break
23:30 Imperialist motifs and satirical games
28:45 The rise of digital and modding
34:20 Oral histories and the importance of context 39:00 Nostalgia
44:20 Archiving, inheritance and hoarding
46:55 Break
47:30 Moral panics and exploitation
54:00 Positive play spaces
56:00 The 'right' way to play
01:00:20 Streaming as oral history & DMCA
01:02:16 Politics of collecting & rewriting game origins
LINKS: Historia Ludens
https://www.routledge.com/Historia-Ludens-The-Playing-Historian/Lunen-Lewis-Litherland-Cullum/p/book/9780367363864
SUSD talk at the V&A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfpDgk6fIsE
Show & Tell book
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15784870-playing-at-the-world
You can find Holly at www.twitter.com/nielsen_holly
Thumbnail photography by Gary Dooton https://twitter.com/GaryDooton
Holly's appearance on Making Games Is Fun http://www.garethdutton.com/mgif/2019/9/22/mgif-s3-e14-holly-nielsen
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