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But let's enter a parallel universe!
On Game and Play
What is a game? And play? What makes a game “game”, and how does it differ from the play? Or are the two the same thing? What makes a game? It is the rules, the limitations, or perhaps the wins and losses. Do you really need to win in order to play? Or were you being played? To try to answer some of these questions, we read and annotate collectively the chapter "Defining Games" of the book 'Rules of Play - Game Design Fundamentals' by Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman. We discovered that games and rituals alike are the gateways to alternative ways of relating to Nature, each other and (re)production of life.
What is a game? And play? What makes a game “game”, and how does it differ from the play? Or are the two the same thing? What makes a game? It is the rules, the limitations, or perhaps the wins and the losses. Do you really need to win in order to play? Or were you being played? To try to answer some of these questions, we read and collectively annotated the chapter "Defining Games" from the book 'Rules of Play - Game Design Fundamentals' by Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman. We discovered that games and rituals alike are the gateways to alternative ways of relating to Nature, each other and (re)production of life.
We played together by writing fanfiction and spells, developing rituals, and analysing and creating games. What emerged as a tangible result from all these discussions is this experimental publication you are holding in your hands right now. We named it Console.
