Preserving play, not just games ft. Holly Nielsen | GHG Show

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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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