IAT 210- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 31 pages long!)
28 Mar 2018
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= games have been defined and redefined many times over, and there seems to be no end to the continual process or any agreement about the definitions . Playful activities (including games) can be places along a continuum between paidia= unstructured and spontaneous play (free and open) and ludus = structured and controlled play with specific rules (rule-based) Common elements = game designers, philosophers, etc. tend to agree on at least two elements: 1) games have rules 2) games have a goal. Games- some concepts main game scholars: roger caillois man, play and games (1961) & johann huizinga, !1 circle lusory attitude so play can occur. Modes of play by roger caillois he described games under 4 classificiations: ( 4 district forms of play, games based on the mechanics of the game) The goal to eliminate the other player, randomness (most casino games) of perceptions, as with vertigo, designs or disorientation changes of movement e. g. ring around the rosie, rollercoasters.
