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the thing is, to get academic about it... it stops being a game when it starts to have real world consequences. it's only a game if you can choose to stop playing. @lordpopple/1455206214489489410Permalink Look on archive.org
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academic definitions of game vary, as I'm sure it will surprise you to hear. but these elements run through most of them - most strongly and poetically expressed in Bernie DeKoven's A Well Played Game.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I went and found my copy. Here's some of it:Permalink Look on archive.org
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(of course, I believe, and Bernie believed, that while play can only happen apart from life, it is also important for living well. a fine little paradox - but I won't spoil the answer to that one for you)Look on archive.org