We need a "Children's Video Game Network" with sesame street philosophy but for games.
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We need a "Children's Video Game Network" with sesame street philosophy but for games.
Not creaky educational games. In fact, I don't care if they are educational as much as I care if they are of a high artistic caliber, thoughtful, fun and both free and free of advertisements.
I'm not saying such games don't exist, but there isn't really a plan to make them.
Really all modern content forms are weak in this area. Ambitious to say with PBS gone? Yes.
But also it can't just be TV.
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We need a "Children's Video Game Network" with sesame street philosophy but for games.
Not creaky educational games. In fact, I don't care if they are educational as much as I care if they are of a high artistic caliber, thoughtful, fun and both free and free of advertisements.
I'm not saying such games don't exist, but there isn't really a plan to make them.
Really all modern content forms are weak in this area. Ambitious to say with PBS gone? Yes.
But also it can't just be TV.
@futurebird I'm not part of any collective/network focusing on kid-friendly/kid-appropriate games, but I think some of my work might fit that description
https://cheeseness.itch.io/hive-time -
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We need a "Children's Video Game Network" with sesame street philosophy but for games.
Not creaky educational games. In fact, I don't care if they are educational as much as I care if they are of a high artistic caliber, thoughtful, fun and both free and free of advertisements.
I'm not saying such games don't exist, but there isn't really a plan to make them.
Really all modern content forms are weak in this area. Ambitious to say with PBS gone? Yes.
But also it can't just be TV.
Ask yourself: What would a twitch gaming stream look like if it were *made* for kids and had no ads?
Lots of people enjoy streams much in the manner that people listened to radio. It's in the background... but you can also go on the chat and be a part of it.
Or you can play the same game and chat with people about it.
Kids enjoy this kind of content too and very little of it is being made by anyone who is interested in anything other than money.
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Ask yourself: What would a twitch gaming stream look like if it were *made* for kids and had no ads?
Lots of people enjoy streams much in the manner that people listened to radio. It's in the background... but you can also go on the chat and be a part of it.
Or you can play the same game and chat with people about it.
Kids enjoy this kind of content too and very little of it is being made by anyone who is interested in anything other than money.
@futurebird
"What if Mr Rogers/Mr Dress Up was on twitch?"They both had such an interactive style they'd probably just fit right in...
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@futurebird
"What if Mr Rogers/Mr Dress Up was on twitch?"They both had such an interactive style they'd probably just fit right in...
@ipsquiggle @futurebird I think it's easy to underestimate how much effort Fred Rogers put in to "Mr. Rogers".
It was a very carefully constructed persona.
Which is not in any way to suggest that it was fake. Rather, to say, Mr. Rogers was Fred Rogers "writ large".
I don't think there is a possible medium he would have failed at.
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@futurebird
"What if Mr Rogers/Mr Dress Up was on twitch?"They both had such an interactive style they'd probably just fit right in...
Exactly!
