Comments on: What are story games? And why?

By: mcdaldno

mcdaldno — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:25:22 +0000

Excellent, Gerlinde. For the record, what section are you wanting to quote?

By: Gerlinde

Gerlinde — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:46:33 +0000

I am teaching a class to a group of youth leaders about the importance of playing games in children’s growth and would like to quote this article in my lesson.

By: mcdaldno

mcdaldno — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 01:49:05 +0000

Cool, Gilbert.

I don’t think what you’re talking about falls out of concert with what Vincent is talking about. It’s just taking a different approach. Vincent’s quote there (to me) paints a picture of what we do. Your story seems to paint a picture more of how & why we do.

If that makes sense?

I like your description a lot. Especially “piping it into my emotions”.

By: Gilbert

Gilbert — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:40:38 +0000

I’m still chewing on the ‘conversation’ metaphor and it might be the contrarian in me, but it’s not ringing true. For me, telling an effective collaborative story isn’t a conversation, but something more akin to guided meditation. I’m sitting there, absorbing all of these suggestions from my surroundings and piping it into my emotions, then using that to respond. It’s feeling in concert.

I’m not sure how helpful that is as an explanation to the uninitiated and a conversation may be a close enough approximation. It may also come down to the differences in what people are looking for, although I’m not sure how diverse this can be in a single group and still be functional.

By: Mick Bradley

Mick Bradley — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:55:18 +0000

Excellence. Pure joy. What you write and the way you write it just rocks. The way yo describe both stories and games makes me want to go out right now, grab random people, and make them play a story game with me.

Thank you for sharing, dude.

By: Joe Murphy

Joe Murphy — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:06:04 +0000

Gorgeous. Passed on like whoa.