Lots of thinking about thinking in this episode as the Nice Hosts attempt to define some core concepts to gameplay. What even is a game? Interactivity? Play? A failstate?!

Buckle in for an intellectual conversation, and remember to go to nicegames.com/feedback to tell Stephen exactly why he's wrong about any of it. 

• Word Play - Steam
• This Is Minnesota Orchestra: Søndergård and Symphonie fantastique - YouTube
• Who is the Sky - David Byrne
• Twin Cities violin maker saves the day for David Byrne's bandleader - Brianna Kelly, Bring Me The News
• Noble Robot Website - Noble Robot

0:14:47Interactivity vs. PlayBlippo+Steam0:35:24Fail States in ArtThis topic is a continuation of Lydia's previous roundtable topic/therapy session in"I saw a Beatle."Stephen brought forward the concept of purposefully designing friction into games earlier in the year. You can find that conversation in"This is an impossible challenge."