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What is a game?

What is a game?. Computer games Board games Card games Parlor games Sports games Miniatures games Role-playing games Alternative reality games. Types of Games.

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What is a game?

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  1. What is a game?

  2. Computer games Board games Card games Parlor games Sports games Miniatures games Role-playing games Alternative reality games Types of Games

  3. TOY PUZZLE GAME PLAY GOAL RULES

  4. What’s the difference? • Games: restrictive rules, limit-testing strategies • Toys: fantasy and free play. • Children • captivated by versatility of toys • Adults • lose interest in toys • Create games around toys • tactics, strategies, results Games vs. Toys (Schiesel 2008)

  5. Games… are an activity have rules have conflict have goals involve decision making are artificial are safe are outside ordinary life provide no material gain are voluntary have uncertain outcome are a representation are make believe are inefficient have closed systems are a form of art

  6. Play • “work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do, and … play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.” Adventures of Tom Sawyer • Pretend • The Magic Circle (Huizinga) • Goal • Challenges • Win, Loss, Termination • Rules • Meanings, gameplay, sequence of play, goals, metarules What is a game?

  7. Online gamers • middle income ($35,000-$75,000) • age 25-44 • Casual gamers • 76% female • 71% 40 or older (47% 50 or older) • 46% college graduates (14% adv degree) • 53% income $50,000 or more • 67% married (53% at least one child ) Who is a Gamer?

  8. 44%: card, puzzle, arcade, word games 25%: family-oriented games 19%: RPGs, MMOGs CAVEAT: lots of contradictory stats Most Popular Genres

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