A game I really enjoy is Cards Against Humanity. I like the creative quality, the humor and the ever changing results of the game. It’s interesting that it’s a game based on the opinions of the judge, to award the most disturbing and hilarious card. I find it interesting that it makes all players social and the way it makes your face hurt after playing. Their slogan is the party game for horrible people, which I think speaks to me and my friends.
The game could be considered literature because it’s construction sentences and thoughts, and it starts conversations. And sometimes players have to justify and convince the judge that they have the best card combination. It also starts a dialog between players, it makes you think about shity things that happen in the world, issues we face, but also it brings humor to dark subjects. I think literature is meant to make a person think, give them a new point of view, and change what they already know. And I think Cards Against Humanity does that, but the players become the writers. The different authors makes a mix of different points of views, which makes players think of issues and ideas in new ways. Cards Against Humanity creates an atmosphere where you can let your freak flag fly, weird and funny thoughts are encouraged and rewarded. I think an atmosphere like that is important for creative people because it gets the brain working and processing new ideas. Without a new flow of ideas and subject matter a designer or artist mind becomes overworked and searches for new ideas.
Not only are the players the authors but also the creators of the game, because they come of the phases and the fill in the blank cards. They give the players the words to create crazy thoughts and sentences. Creating the game is a very collaborative process, and the subjects and literature is ever changing.
Of course Cards Against Humanity isn’t considered a classic form of literature but I think it has the same qualities and ideas of classic literature.
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