A quick note to share that I’ve been interviewed for a cool podcast called Serious Play and the conversation is now online! In the episode, I talk about my origin story of becoming a “Gamemaker” (it’s a wild one), explain the philosophy of Ludic Liberation, stumble through memories of some of my favorite labs (on gender, rules, and attention – please read the reports for a better synthesis on the happenings and findings), and complain a bit about the limiting rules of the academia game. The interviewers are a wonderful group of scholars at University of Leeds (Oliver Thurley, Asa Roast, Liz Stainforth, and Dominic O’Key) who have been playing TTRPGs together and incorporating games and game methods into their research and teaching.
You can listen to it here:
https://anchor.fm/serious-play/episodes/Episode-3-Natalia-Stroika-e1gdo6p
Speaking of serious play, are any of you out there actively playing Feeling Collector 2022? Do you have some insights to report or need some help? Fill out this quick survey to let me know!
As a reminder, this month’s Lab (next Thursday) will be to play Arcology World! Who’s ready for some mutations and mutual aid?
~ Seriously Yours,
Natalia
Existential Game Maker/Destroyer