Nobody Saves the World

GWJ Conference Call 799

Nobody Saves the World (Gamepass), Troubleshooter: Abandoned Children (PC), Europa Universalis IV (PC), Don’t Starve (PC).

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Glendon and Rich are joined by returning guest Daryl Lathon to discuss how games inspire creativity.

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00:01:21 Nobody Saves the World
00:09:05 Troubleshooter: Abandoned Children
00:16:00 Europa Universalis IV
00:30:28 How Games Inspire Creativity
00:52:45 Your Emails

In the UK, around Christmas, we have pantomimes (I don’t know if they exist the same elsewhere) which are comedic plays based on fairy tales that are designed to be interactive. The audience, often families with children, are encouraged to shout out, sing along and boo certain characters, etc.

I grew up with them and was familiar enough with the form that they seemed to have become stilted and lacking in any vitality. When I was living in Kent however we put on some pantos and the audience were astonishingly engaged and excited by the whole thing. What seemed tired old routines to me worked perfectly on kids who were unfamiliar with them.

There is one scene, often included in one form or another, where two characters are looking for a third. The two characters tell the audience to look out for the third character (in our panto it was a ghost) and if they saw it they should shout out. After a time the ghost would appear behind the pair, the audience, bouncing up and down with excitement, would shout out and point but the two searching characters would look everywhere but where the ghost was. The process was repeated two more times with the excitement and frustration levels building. Before the third appearance of the ghost one young girl in the front row stood up and said, in a firm voice, “Excuse me but you’ve already missed the ghost twice!”

That's a great story, Higgledy!

I was dragged to a few pantos when I was growing up, and I absolutely hated them. The trope you mention - of shouting and pointing to alert characters on stage of person they are searching for - was especially exasperating for me. I refused to join in, on the basis that "they know where that character is, and they are just pretending they don't see him, so it's a waste of time to shout out."

Yeah, I was a fun kid...

I don't listen to many episodes anymore, but somehow I keep catching Daryl. *thumbsup*

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That's a great story, Higgledy!

I was dragged to a few pantos when I was growing up, and I absolutely hated them. The trope you mention - of shouting and pointing to alert characters on stage of person they are searching for - was especially exasperating for me. I refused to join in, on the basis that "they know where that character is, and they are just pretending they don't see him, so it's a waste of time to shout out."

Yeah, I was a fun kid...

Honestly...same. I loathe pantomime. And not just because of an ongoing loathing of the whole "pantomime dame" 'tradition'.

Welp, added Troubleshooter to my wishlist and then it went on sale…