LGST 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Roger Caillois, Formal System, Weight Watchers
10 Dec 2015
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Philosophy teach lessons that will be very powerful in understanding the power of games. Vidkinshtein said- it"s impossible to define what a game is even though we know what it is. This is what makes it a game v. a work objective: lusory attitude- the player follows the rules voluntarily because the game, ^ all these mean that in a game, you voluntarily overcome unnecessary means something obstacles. Huizinga"s idea of the magic circle : games are essential to what makes us human, the magic circle- The circle"s boundary may be physical or virtual. Inside the circle, you abide by the game"s rule. Challenge: putting the player in the magic circle. If the player feels like the game matters, he will be motivated to play and respond to the incentives that the gamified system provides. Says play helps children reach their potential, and in play, children behave beyond their average age o.
