Why Games Matter
Clip: Season 3 Episode 5 | 3m 50sVideo has Closed Captions
The animated tale of writer PatrickRothfuss lamenting the loss of problem-solving games.
In this animated story, popular fantasy writer Patrick Rothfuss laments that “kids these days” don’t play as many thought-provoking games as they did when Patrick was young. He describes the problem-solving comradery between his friends as they tackled games like Zork, one of the earliest interactive fiction computer games.
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Why Games Matter
Clip: Season 3 Episode 5 | 3m 50sVideo has Closed Captions
In this animated story, popular fantasy writer Patrick Rothfuss laments that “kids these days” don’t play as many thought-provoking games as they did when Patrick was young. He describes the problem-solving comradery between his friends as they tackled games like Zork, one of the earliest interactive fiction computer games.
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