{"id":752,"date":"2010-07-26T23:48:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-27T06:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2010\/07\/26\/snoutcast-26-why-you-should-run-a-game\/"},"modified":"2010-07-26T23:48:00","modified_gmt":"2010-07-27T06:48:00","slug":"snoutcast-26-why-you-should-run-a-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2010\/07\/26\/snoutcast-26-why-you-should-run-a-game\/","title":{"rendered":"SnoutCast #26: “Why YOU Should Run a Game”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes, you<\/i>. I’m talking to you<\/i>. You<\/b> should run a puzzle hunt event. And here’s why! (Apologies for the extra-long podcast this week, but we had a lot to say on this topic; also, many thanks to Scott<\/a> for letting us re-use his original content.)<\/p>\n

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00:59 – “scientific”
01:58 – as Jeff<\/a> used to say: “Run more Games!”<\/b>
04:07 – DeeAnn enjoys doing research
05:01 – Puzzalot<\/b> blog post: “What’s happening this year [2010]?”<\/a>
06:35 – passing the SNAP<\/a> baton (or not) to the next GC
08:22 – how Seattle differs from the SF bay area, Game community-wise
09:35 – why DASH<\/a> may become an annual event (a hypothesis)
10:44 – yes, apparently we can<\/i> talk about Dr. When<\/a>, The Game (target: May 2011)
12:22 – the Microsoft Puzzle Hunt (MSPH)<\/a> gap
14:42 – yay for Shinteki<\/a>!
15:41 – available any time: 2-Tone Game<\/a>
16:14 – investigating the claim that “no more [west coast] hunts this year…would be the first time there hasn’t been a BANG, a Game, and a MSPH in the same year since the BANGs inception.”<\/i>
19:16 – diversity is good, QED
19:57 – try something new! e.g.<\/i>, 2-Tone Game, Puzzled Pint<\/a>
20:50 – reviving the YABA Treasure Hunt<\/a>
21:55 – Puzzle Hunt Forum<\/b> poll: “Why aren’t you running a Game?”<\/a>
23:32 – …current results: “Not enough time” and “Don’t have a consistent team” have the most votes
24:31 – “There’s important context<\/i> here!”
25:19 – see also: Red’s GC Summit talk<\/a>
25:59 – DeeAnn explains how to get around “Not enough time”<\/i>
28:18 – …and how to deal with “Don’t have a consistent team”<\/i>
29:30 – Team Snout<\/a> believes seven<\/b> is the magic number for core GC
30:22 – (Yeah, Curtis doesn’t speak French very well.)
33:55 – do what you<\/i> like in your<\/i> Game, q.v.<\/i> Jan’s GC Summit talk<\/a>
35:48 – PRO TIP: they’ll never miss what they didn’t expect
37:12 – You should run a Game because it’s FUN.<\/b>
38:35 – “We’re pathological?”
39:19 – all hobbies involve work, but they’re still fun
41:19 – many thanks to Scott for Puzzalot<\/a> and the Puzzle Hunt Forum<\/a>!
43:15 – The End<\/p>\n

Music: instrumentals from “Code Monkey” and “Tom Cruise Crazy” by Jonathan Coulton<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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