Where do we play?

This is my first consideration. Even before I get to what we are playing the games on, and long before I consider what games to play. What is the play space? Is the gamer playing in the living room, or another shared space at home? Is the gamer playing in her bedroom or similarly private space? Is the gamer playing in the car or another mode of transport where he will be confined for a predetermined period of time? Is the gamer playing on a bench or another place where she has to wait? Is the gamer playing at a rec centre or other community space where there will be more peers than at home? In coming posts I hope to find ways to describe these play spaces and what effect they have on what makes for an appropriate game.