what da hell is a game
- # DPS' "is it a game?"
- https://bsky.app/profile/poddraws.bsky.social/post/3mb5tchrzwk2w
- definition of FUN
- > anything you are still wrong about https://bsky.app/profile/jseakle.bsky.social/post/3mb5uvnjhzc2j
- JWEST'S "PLAY IS" https://jwest.itch.io/play-is
- https://cdn.kinopio.club/s8gxv-z3gISioO3Y7VlQE/Screenshot-2025-12-29-at-9.13.38-PM.png
- https://cdn.kinopio.club/KqLW_SHNa35a9rYaDS76Z/Screenshot-2025-12-29-at-9.13.43-PM.png
- # > a voluntary activity or occupation (plus various requirements)
- # My interest: Which of these definitions is of use to the would-be player?
- # > manipulation that indulges curiosity
- within limits (magic circle?)
- rules freely accepted but finding (yes, magic circle)
- > having its aim in itself (this remains a meaningless statement to me)
- tension
- joy
- consciousness that it is "different from ordinary life"
- https://cdn.kinopio.club/8HziNn276JAjhXo-Zr0Ni/Screenshot-2025-12-29-at-9.16.32-PM.png
- i like that this one is from "healthofchildren.com" :)
- i suppose this is a very "game designer" thing to ask.
- ## > free movement within a more rigid structure
- https://cdn.kinopio.club/ipMrsVCXmsQ4dLjjEpIFw/Screenshot-2025-12-29-at-9.17.03-PM.png
- # > activities performed for self-amusement that have behavioral, social, and psychomotor rewards.
what da hell is a game
- # DPS' "is it a game?"
- https://bsky.app/profile/poddraws.bsky.social/post/3mb5tchrzwk2w
- definition of FUN
- > anything you are still wrong about https://bsky.app/profile/jseakle.bsky.social/post/3mb5uvnjhzc2j
- JWEST'S "PLAY IS" https://jwest.itch.io/play-is
- https://cdn.kinopio.club/s8gxv-z3gISioO3Y7VlQE/Screenshot-2025-12-29-at-9.13.38-PM.png
- https://cdn.kinopio.club/KqLW_SHNa35a9rYaDS76Z/Screenshot-2025-12-29-at-9.13.43-PM.png
- # > a voluntary activity or occupation (plus various requirements)
- # My interest: Which of these definitions is of use to the would-be player?
- # > manipulation that indulges curiosity
- within limits (magic circle?)
- rules freely accepted but finding (yes, magic circle)
- > having its aim in itself (this remains a meaningless statement to me)
- tension
- joy
- consciousness that it is "different from ordinary life"
- https://cdn.kinopio.club/8HziNn276JAjhXo-Zr0Ni/Screenshot-2025-12-29-at-9.16.32-PM.png
- i like that this one is from "healthofchildren.com" :)
- i suppose this is a very "game designer" thing to ask.
- ## > free movement within a more rigid structure
- https://cdn.kinopio.club/ipMrsVCXmsQ4dLjjEpIFw/Screenshot-2025-12-29-at-9.17.03-PM.png
- # > activities performed for self-amusement that have behavioral, social, and psychomotor rewards.