"Game Fun"
The reading set for this week was a lot better to read than previous weeks because of the topic, the topic of the reading was about fun in gaming, and to find out there is more than one type fun, that you create knowingly when designing the game and another type of fun that happens when you play the game.
In the set readings they talk about how fun is a byproduct of a well designed game, and that making a point to make your game a fun game is not the right strategy for the best results. I found the reading really informative and helpful because right now we've all started making our own games for this module, and reading about how to make your game fun at the beginning of the process can be very helpful and guide us in the right direction.
Out of all the material I found the video the most helpful as it almost broke the big reading work down into a six minute segment, and it was easier for me to absorb the points he made, I think that's because I learn more when things are being said to me than have to read hundreds of small words. Something very interesting was said in the video which was that fun, comes from the ability to provide us with a rich possibility for learning.
Then he goes into talking about games and if they have any educational or informative concepts that we don't notice we're learning during gameplay, we are shown options of different games and what skills we can learn from them while also having fun too. Chess teaches us strategy and foresight, civilization games teach us systemic and resource management which would actually really be helpful right now and games like poker teaches us deception and how to read peoples lies. In the video these are "Type 1" games, which are all about making us think, use our brains. "Type 2" games are more about reflex skills.
Overall I enjoyed this weeks reading more than usual and the video summed everything up well and I was easily able to absorb what I needed to learn.
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