{"id":775,"date":"2010-06-14T23:48:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-15T06:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2010\/06\/14\/snoutcast-20-toys-vs-games\/"},"modified":"2010-06-14T23:48:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-15T06:48:00","slug":"snoutcast-20-toys-vs-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2010\/06\/14\/snoutcast-20-toys-vs-games\/","title":{"rendered":"SnoutCast #20: &#8220;Toys vs. Games&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In which we come to absolutely no useful conclusions whatsoever.  But hey, if you wanted something informative, you&#8217;d be scouring the web for that article on puzzles which DeeAnn still can&#8217;t find.  <i>Just sayin&#8217;.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><object type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http:\/\/malum-iter.com\/512\/audio\/player.swf\" height=\"24\" width=\"290\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/malum-iter.com\/512\/audio\/player.swf\"><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"playerID=20100615&#038;soundFile=http:\/\/malum-iter.com\/snoutcast\/20100615.mp3\"><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\"><param name=\"menu\" value=\"false\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/object><br \/><small>[ <a href=\"http:\/\/malum-iter.com\/snoutcast\/20100615.mp3\">Download mp3<\/a> &#8211; 23 MB ]<\/small><\/p>\n<p>00:00 &#8211; feline teaser: introducing Tye!<br \/>01:26 &#8211; &#8220;thoughtful&#8221;<br \/>02:25 &#8211; DeeAnn still can&#8217;t find that article<br \/>03:26 &#8211; Curtis attempts to define &#8220;toy&#8221; and &#8220;game&#8221;<br \/>04:29 &#8211; &#8230;like the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Megaminx\">Megaminx<\/a><br \/>05:39 &#8211; <i>The Sims<\/i>: toy or game?<br \/>07:03 &#8211; &#8230;in which <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.nella.org\/\">Jeff<\/a> starves a Sim (on purpose)<br \/>07:30 &#8211; &#8230;and DeeAnn starves a Sim (by accident)<br \/>08:46 &#8211; using board game pieces as toys, in theory<br \/>09:45 &#8211; and what about playing cards?<br \/>11:14 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Celebrity_%28game%29\">Celebrities<\/a>: a &#8220;pure&#8221; game, arguably<br \/>12:44 &#8211; DeeAnn&#8217;s definitions of &#8220;toy&#8221; and &#8220;game&#8221; are much more concise<br \/>13:50 &#8211; is there a &#8220;game threshold&#8221; for structured activities?<br \/>14:19 &#8211; &#8230;not for DeeAnn, the living counter-example!<br \/>14:53 &#8211; referencing <a href=\"http:\/\/e3.g4tv.com\/videos\/44277\/DICE-2010-Design-Outside-the-Box-Presentation\/\">Jesse Schell&#8217;s DICE talk<\/a><br \/>15:34 &#8211; &#8230;and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.penny-arcade.com\/comic\/2007\/07\/20\/\">Chore Wars<\/a><br \/>16:50 &#8211; we have cat <i>toys<\/i>&#8230; are there cat <i>games?<\/i><br \/>18:22 &#8211; what about D&amp;D?<br \/>19:43 &#8211; re: our current campaign&#8230;<br \/>21:35 &#8211; misanthropy FTW<br \/>23:20 &#8211; we&#8217;ll talk more about D&amp;D later<br \/>23:50 &#8211; <i>is<\/i> this a festival of lame?  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