# playgrounding aka social garme spaces situations / simulations similarly "playgrounding" is a more general video garme concept regarding 'garme spaces': (/social) spaces for multiple often overlapping / simultaneous modes and styles of experimental abstract emergent risky and whimsical collaborative play garry's mod is the main example of a 'playground' garme space players should be able to create and discover (/themselves and others) through play when and how they want to inherently open source and less goal orientated playgrounds seem more 'scientific' than mere 'single garmes' (?) garme engines themselves as a whole should be reconsidered as heavily customizable finely-grained 'garme spaces' or playgrounds - ie. 'the tools are teh garme' it is often not enough to say "we give them the tools they make the world" (garry newman rust) - players and communities that 'create art through play' need compensating // video here // republic of bob