Games and Gamification (feat. C. Thi Nguyen)
Overthink
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The Importance of Games in Art
When you're playing a game, the end point doesn't even count. It isn't even crossing the finish line unless you did it within certain constraints. The only thing about this insight from suits is that in games you're using constraints and restrictions to sculpt a particular kind of activity. And one of the most interesting things to me about games beyond the question of art is I think if you think really hard about what games are and what it is to play them, then you'll discover all the weirdest, coolest, most jacked up parts of human nature.
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