A Philosophy of Games That Is Really a Philosophy of Life
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A Philosophy of Games That Is Really a Philosophy of Life
C. THI NGUYEN: So the essential insight that I got from Suits is that in so many games, the target isnβt the point. The point is this rich experience along the way. And I think a lot of the mistakes we make with games is we get into these things and we forget about these larger purposes. The fact that they can be fun. The fact that they can be beau... See more
C. Thi Nguyen β’ Are We Measuring Our Lives in All the Wrong Ways?
Second, when our basic needs are met, we will need a sense of purpose. The beauty of games is that they lend importance to the objectively trivial. If we reach a level of abstraction in which we all become investors, sending money back and forth, wrapping it in a game will make it feel more meaningful.
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βAnd Suits offers the following definition of what it is to play a game. He says, βTo play a game is to voluntarily take on unnecessary obstacles for the sake of making possible the activity of overcoming them.β β¦
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