The AST CASTcast: Episode 19: Testing Games
summary
Live from CAST 2017 a podcast explains why tester games teach testing skills rather than just entertain: the pen game forces modeling and hypothesis testing until one rule fits, while Flux exposes changing goals and team dynamics; other staples are Set, dice games and card-based exercises. Games run as short, sometimes one-shot sessions that provoke frustration and emotion, reveal how people reason differently, and produce concrete takeaways about experimentation, communication and letting go of fixed plans.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Welcome to CASTcast
- 1:16Tester games vs games testers
- 2:22Pen game introduction
- 4:09Flux game experience
- 6:17Favorite games reasons
- 8:21Frustration in tester games
- 9:45Problem-solving approaches
- 11:52Join tester games
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