A month ago I posted a survey asking you to help me define what it meant for something to be a "game." Original thread here: https://tildes.net/~games/1r3d/what_makes_a_game_a_game The video goes...
@04:08 Wait, how do you do staring competitions? Isn't the way to do a staring competition to stare at each other and whoever blinks or breaks eye contact in any way first, loses? And you may...
@04:08
Wait, how do you do staring competitions?
Isn't the way to do a staring competition to stare at each other and whoever blinks or breaks eye contact in any way first, loses?
And you may indeed try to make the other person blink or whatever.
This was so much fun to watch and participate in! I had thought about it a lot since the survey was posted. When I personally think of games, I think of them as evaluations of some kind or...
This was so much fun to watch and participate in! I had thought about it a lot since the survey was posted.
When I personally think of games, I think of them as evaluations of some kind or hypothetical or simulated event. The results could have real, long-lasting impacts beyond the scope of the game, but the scenario itself is somehow contrived. This makes a math test a kind of game to me in the same way war games are games. Sports are kind of contrived versions of war/hunting/physical tasks, thus games to me.
I also think games can be layered onto none games (cow paddy bingo). Or layered onto other games(sports betting). The key ingredient is “let’s see what happens in this situation”, regardless of intent or control. This definition covers things like Conways game of life all the way to Jigsaw’s Saw set ups.
For things like jigsaw puzzles, I think the question being evaluated is “will I be able to finish this?”
Now, when we talk about games colloquially, there is a lot of context. If someone invites me over to play games, I would be really surprised if we all worked on coloring books. But I would be maybe even more surprised if they handed me a paint roller as I walked in the door and said “Let’s see who can’t paint the most walls!” The second case seems more game like to me even though it’s less expected.
A month ago I posted a survey asking you to help me define what it meant for something to be a "game."
Original thread here: https://tildes.net/~games/1r3d/what_makes_a_game_a_game
The video goes through the results. Thank you to everyone who took the time to respond and answer the survey.
The detailed results are here for anyone who wants to see them in detail:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1h6XBc6JSYmFpINOdS62EOl1BMdzzohnnxwvHV2aLXJE/edit?usp=sharing
It's kind of a mess showing each individual response. I'm not sure how to share them with nice little graphs like I see on my end.
@04:08
Wait, how do you do staring competitions?
Isn't the way to do a staring competition to stare at each other and whoever blinks or breaks eye contact in any way first, loses?
And you may indeed try to make the other person blink or whatever.
Have I've been doing them wrong????
This was so much fun to watch and participate in! I had thought about it a lot since the survey was posted.
When I personally think of games, I think of them as evaluations of some kind or hypothetical or simulated event. The results could have real, long-lasting impacts beyond the scope of the game, but the scenario itself is somehow contrived. This makes a math test a kind of game to me in the same way war games are games. Sports are kind of contrived versions of war/hunting/physical tasks, thus games to me.
I also think games can be layered onto none games (cow paddy bingo). Or layered onto other games(sports betting). The key ingredient is “let’s see what happens in this situation”, regardless of intent or control. This definition covers things like Conways game of life all the way to Jigsaw’s Saw set ups.
For things like jigsaw puzzles, I think the question being evaluated is “will I be able to finish this?”
Now, when we talk about games colloquially, there is a lot of context. If someone invites me over to play games, I would be really surprised if we all worked on coloring books. But I would be maybe even more surprised if they handed me a paint roller as I walked in the door and said “Let’s see who can’t paint the most walls!” The second case seems more game like to me even though it’s less expected.