GHG talks gateway games, Tetris mums, and Chinese New Year

“That's... why I have a daughter now!” – Alex P

Jordan, Sam, Maggie and Alex P talk about how to introduce a non-player to video games. In an ideal world you would choose someone’s first video game based on their existing interests, and take the time to help them through it… but in Jordan’s world, we’re creating a general starter pack to hand over to anyone who doesn’t play video games but wants to give them a try. Is thatgamecompany’s Journey actually that approachable for beginners? Why did so many people who played Tetris in the 90s never really move on to other video games? And can you rise to Alex Hern’s challenge of creating a five-game lesson plan to get people from a widely approachable game to an arbitrary Metacritic 95? Get in touch to let us know!

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