Is Zoom the video game platform for life during coronavirus? USC game students say 'yes'
“Play is very natural to fall into, and playing with non-game platforms is something humans have been doing for a long time,” says, who is a game designer and student in USC’s Interactive Media MFA program. Isaacman references the Choose Your Own adventure books popular in the 1980s, noting that where there is a medium, there is play.
“Of the submissions we’ve seen so far, the ones that are most interesting are the ones that are really taking what can only really happen in Zoom or a system like it and being playful with it,” Watson continues. “I tried to play board games over Zoom, and unless you have a really great set-up it’s clunky. It’s a square peg in a round hole.”
“A lot of us will be using platforms like Zoom or Jitsi for work, for school, organizing or just hanging out. I think games can help us get over some of the awkwardness and limitations of these new platforms,” says Dan Lark, a PhD candidate in cinema and media studies at USC. “The thing about these games is that it’s hard to play them alone. You’ll need other people to play with.”Before you think you have the perfect Zoomjam submission, know there are rules.
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