Show Notes – 11/10/2010
- Aspects of Design and application to real life
- InSpaaaace!
- Mechanics vs. Theme (both?)
- “Mechaphor”
- Games Buddha Won’t Play
- Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple

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Show Notes – 10/19/2010

Part one of a conversation with Daniel Solis that is so casual, we completely disregard the idea of an intro and just talk creativity and gaming.

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Mark Salzwedel of Strategic Space games just twitter-linked to this article on torontoist.com.

The article is about a new Toronto cafe and boardgame lending library called Snakes & Lattes that “will emphatically not have free Wi-Fi,” as they choose instead to focus on the social and interactive aspects of sitting down with a game and spending real time with friends or other cafe-goers.

I find that I have mixed feelings about this cafe. While I really appreciate the idea — I am personally taking on the challenge of not pulling out my iphone every few minutes to look at something (twitter, time, email, etc., etc., ad nauseum) — I have recently had the experience of going to a cafe that normally has wifi and people with their laptops, but it turned out that Friday and Saturday evenings they have a “No Laptops” rule. And since my friend and I had specifically been planning to do some work together, we left.

I get that since it’s a cafe + chocolate + wine + dinner, they’re trying to attract a little bit more of a date night crowd on the weekends, but that feels like a double-standard to me. I suppose since there’s a hard line drawn at Snakes & Lattes, it’s reasonable. They are clearly setting the stage for what they want their shop to be and not to be.

I guess it’s time to go to Toronto and investigate the environment for myself!