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game as social system

	syntax	semantics	pragmatics
actor(s)	players/places	roles	goals
rule(s)	events/exploration	evaluation	facilitators
resource(s)	game space	situation	context

game-perspectives>

game theory perspectives

• system -- (formal) set of rules
• relation -- between player and game (affectionate)
• context -- negotiable relation with 'real world'

dictionary

classic game model

• rules: formal system
• outcome: variable and quantifiable
• value: different valorisation assignments
• effort: in order to influence the outcome
• attachment: emotionally attached to outcome (hooked)
• consequences: optional and negotiable (profit?)

rules vs fiction

Game fiction is ambiguous, optional and imagined by the player in uncontrollable and unpredictable ways, but the emphasis on fictional worlds may be the strongest innovation of the video game.

reference(s)

  Jesper Juul
  half-real
  Video Games between Real Rules and Fictional Worlds
  MIT Press 2005
  

theory of interaction

Are games relevant for a theory of interaction?