As far as adding a personal element to my final project, the Game Changer YouTube series, the best way might be to use my mother as an interviewee. Growing up, she didn't allow us to have a Nintendo or very many computer games at all. The culture in our house was very much one of reading and playing outside. I was often encouraged to do either of those things with my spare time.
In the past year or so while I've been studying games and writing, I've talked with her a lot about it, but she still is very distant from the whole idea of videogames and doesn't understand much of what I'm saying, I think. Interviewing her for Game Change and teaching her how to use a controller and see the themes at play and how a game can invite you to think on bigger themes and questions just like a good book would be satisfying for me and also add a great personal element to the video if I can pull it off right.
So, while my original idea of interviewing Whitney from Studio C (my brother has a connection) is cool, it wouldn't be nearly as personal. I'm also still not totally sure about her availability and stuff, so my mom might be the easier choice too.
It's a work in progress, of course.
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