"Argue with me, I guess."

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"Argue with me, I guess." Interactivity vs. Play; Fail States in Art
2025.12.04
Dudley from Street Fighter stanced up, ready and waiting for you to argue with him.

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. 

Interactivity vs. Play

0:14:47

Fail States in Art

0:35:24
This topic is a continuation of Lydia's previous roundtable topic/therapy session in
Stephen brought forward the concept of purposefully designing friction into games earlier in the year. You can find that conversation in