Promoting Cross-Cultural Interaction in Games

I have been thinking a lot about what Professor Delwiche said about keeping fresh eyes, I know I have some jaded eyes myself from years of gaming but it can be hard to keep a “zen mind”. But just because we know a lot about something does not mean we can not see it with new eyes, and thinking about this made me think of the Winslow, a creature from web comics and how even through its appearance and its behavior it is not a simple creature but seemingly one that just enjoys any and all things in a way we can not. For most people the amazing creature that is the Winlsow is something that you not come into contact with, odd since he is featured in 3/4 of the universes religions. So here for a quick, nerdy laugh is the explination of the Winslow parts 1, 2, and 3. So anyway what Im trying to say is, we should not always take everything we see and compare it to what ever we can think of. When we are looking at games, and players and game mechanics and even story telling mechanics we should take a moment to appreciate them on their own merits as a stand alone entity without any biases and baggage. Because everything is different, and isn’t it the differences that make everything interesting? So prehaps we should all take a note from the Winslow and just for a second, no matter what it is just be an observer and enjoy what you see.

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Honk.

-MT