Play Is Not Gameplay Let me claim something controversial: Minecraft is not a game. Minecraft is not a game in the same way LEGOs are not a game—they…
Inquiries Into the Possibility of Games and Art: Play and Gameplay
—– cule bit.
Play Is Not Gameplay Let me claim something controversial: Minecraft is not a game. Minecraft is not a game in the same way LEGOs are not a game—they…
Inquiries Into the Possibility of Games and Art: Play and Gameplay
—– cule bit.
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One response to “Inquiries Into the Possibility of Games and Art: Play and Gameplay”
I can still recall the impact it had on me when I read Bruno Bettelheim’s Atlantic article when it was published: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1987/03/the-importance-of-play/305129/