Designing Videogames for a More Mindful World | Robin Arnott | TEDxLinz

• “our tools as powerful as they are for giving us ways to solve problems and change the world do so at a cost and that cost is they color how we see” ⤴️
• “a very specific kind of tool and that is our disciplines” ⤴️
• “with regards to lineages there’s another saying that I really like I stand on the shoulders of giants” ⤴️
• “humility humility in our craft looking back to the ancestors in our lineage and for what they have taught us when” ⤴️
• “share the gift of our way of seeing to one another and help each other solve problems” ⤴️
• “I actually don’t remember suffering I remember playing a lot of video games” ⤴️
• “playing this game again and again and again and again gave me a way to feel powerful at a time when I didn’t feel powerful” ⤴️
• “the way people look at the screen when they are fully invested in an experience how completely game design shapes a person’s caught person’s consciousness I don’t know any other tool that does this as completely as quickly as a video game can d” ⤴️
• “we can’t use video games at least not the way we’ve been using them to solve problems of loneliness powerlessness meaninglessness it just doesn’t work but there are other things we can use this powerful tool” ⤴️
• “the scaffolding and the scaffolding is this temporary structure that defines where the building will be what it will be the scaffolding actually causes the building game design is like this” ⤴️
• “the place where rules meet attention so when you rest your attention on a set of rules or mechanics your consciousness shifts and you change and what you are when you are playing a game changes” ⤴️
• “a good game will help you change into something that is deeper than your normal narrative of yourself that is deeper than your your personal experience” ⤴️
• “subtler archetypes just as important I’m a listener I am an explorer I’m a storyteller” ⤴️
• “there’s so much work I was doing to stay out of my body and I found this community of people and fire spinners and so on deeply embodied people” ⤴️
• “all of our voices come together to coalesce into something that is alive and of me but not not defined by me something that I am a part of” ⤴️
• “through that embodied connection to everybody else around me I can feel a sense of connection to something bigger” ⤴️
• “I heard these voices as my own voice” ⤴️
• “I could feel that everything that is or was or will be or can be is what I am and that this person is an expression of that deep vast reality” ⤴️
• “recognize this experience as showing us something true about ourselves” ⤴️
• “introspective practices like I call it a lineage of introspection as far as I can tell goes back further than written history seems to be deeply woven into our humanity” ⤴️
• “his grand lineage of wizened people with a faithful relationship to their story and their past my own lineage of game design sure seems humble at at best and at worst maybe superficia” ⤴️
• “all of them are a game all of them are a set of rules that you rest your attention on and when you rest your attention upon it you change” ⤴️
• “that inquiry Who am I becomes is is like an umbilical cord that connects you to everything” ⤴️
• “design to create for other people the kind of experience that I had in that dome in the desert wit” ⤴️
• “as I stand on this stage to share what I’ve learned we act out a ritual play to turn by turn I give you my voice and you give me your ears and I share what I’ve learned this last six or so years but before I can even begin to convey these ideas there’s a more subtle game that we play I say this part is you and this part is me and if all is well and good you say yes I agree there’s nothing more useful than duality but I can’t take us further with a you and me” ⤴️
• “notice the space that we share” ⤴️
• “we can’t learn what they’ve learned from a voice we can’t hear” ⤴️
• “Our tools are the tools of transcendence.” ⤴️
• “our tools as powerful as they are for giving us ways to solve problems and change the world do so at a cost and that cost is they color how we see” ⤴️
• “a very specific kind of tool and that is our disciplines” ⤴️
• “with regards to lineages there’s another saying that I really like I stand on the shoulders of giants” ⤴️
• “humility humility in our craft looking back to the ancestors in our lineage and for what they have taught us when” ⤴️
• “share the gift of our way of seeing to one another and help each other solve problems” ⤴️
• “I actually don’t remember suffering I remember playing a lot of video games” ⤴️
• “playing this game again and again and again and again gave me a way to feel powerful at a time when I didn’t feel powerful” ⤴️
• “the way people look at the screen when they are fully invested in an experience how completely game design shapes a person’s caught person’s consciousness I don’t know any other tool that does this as completely as quickly as a video game can d” ⤴️
• “we can’t use video games at least not the way we’ve been using them to solve problems of loneliness powerlessness meaninglessness it just doesn’t work but there are other things we can use this powerful tool” ⤴️
• “the scaffolding and the scaffolding is this temporary structure that defines where the building will be what it will be the scaffolding actually causes the building game design is like this” ⤴️
• “the place where rules meet attention so when you rest your attention on a set of rules or mechanics your consciousness shifts and you change and what you are when you are playing a game changes” ⤴️
• “a good game will help you change into something that is deeper than your normal narrative of yourself that is deeper than your your personal experience” ⤴️
• “subtler archetypes just as important I’m a listener I am an explorer I’m a storyteller” ⤴️
• “there’s so much work I was doing to stay out of my body and I found this community of people and fire spinners and so on deeply embodied people” ⤴️
• “all of our voices come together to coalesce into something that is alive and of me but not not defined by me something that I am a part of” ⤴️
• “through that embodied connection to everybody else around me I can feel a sense of connection to something bigger” ⤴️
• “I heard these voices as my own voice” ⤴️
• “I could feel that everything that is or was or will be or can be is what I am and that this person is an expression of that deep vast reality” ⤴️
• “recognize this experience as showing us something true about ourselves” ⤴️
• “introspective practices like I call it a lineage of introspection as far as I can tell goes back further than written history seems to be deeply woven into our humanity” ⤴️
• “his grand lineage of wizened people with a faithful relationship to their story and their past my own lineage of game design sure seems humble at at best and at worst maybe superficia” ⤴️
• “all of them are a game all of them are a set of rules that you rest your attention on and when you rest your attention upon it you change” ⤴️
• “that inquiry Who am I becomes is is like an umbilical cord that connects you to everything” ⤴️
• “design to create for other people the kind of experience that I had in that dome in the desert wit” ⤴️
• “as I stand on this stage to share what I’ve learned we act out a ritual play to turn by turn I give you my voice and you give me your ears and I share what I’ve learned this last six or so years but before I can even begin to convey these ideas there’s a more subtle game that we play I say this part is you and this part is me and if all is well and good you say yes I agree there’s nothing more useful than duality but I can’t take us further with a you and me” ⤴️
• “notice the space that we share” ⤴️
• “we can’t learn what they’ve learned from a voice we can’t hear” ⤴️
• “Our tools are the tools of transcendence.” ⤴️