Apropos of Friday’s roundtable post, here’s an interesting short documentary by Jay Cheel on the interactions of friends playing Settlers of Catan. There is a discussion about how different personalities approach the game, and how competition in the game can serve as a proxy for a clash of personalities. If I have one complaint about it, it’s that it focuses entirely on one guy after telling the story of a conflict, and doesn’t get into how the other players responded to the outburst. (If I have two complaints, it’s that the filmmaker elides himself from the table and the events, which is a touch misleading.)
[vimeo 40503001 w=500 h=281]
