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Just sent to another list, this refers also to some of what I have read
recently on this list.
All best wishes,
Ant
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:30:01
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To: [email protected]
From: Ant Phillips <[email protected]>
Subject: [IVy-subs-1] Games
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Dear ivy-subscribers,
On two of the three list I am on there has been a lot of talk recently
about games. I have found it confusing, and it seemed to me that
different people were using different definitions for the word
"game"
for example, I came across one sentence :
"Since games are activities with terminals in opposition; there must
be a term for activities with terminals in agreement."
I can also remember (outside of Scn) phrases in the direction of "he
seems to be playing a game with me". That was a special use of
the word game (implying hidden intentions, pervasions, and trouble
:-)). The World Book Dictionary defines play games as
"to avoid facing up to a task in earnest; act
evasively"
Indeed the World Book Dictionary has 14 different meaning for the word
game, and eight definitions of the word game in combination with another
word or words. Interesting. Having seen that I feel I have a bit of
an explanation as to why I have felt a bit confused with the quantity of
words about games, non of them including a definition.
For me a game does not have to have a second terminal, certainly not one
in opposition.. There is a card game some play by them self (I've
forgotten the name), where some times the player wins (it "goes
up") and sometime s/he does not. And there seem to be loads of
computer games, a percentage of which do not have an opponent.
We have had a number of great projects in Denmark over the past couple of
decades. Connecting two areas of land with large bridge and tunnel
connections for road and rail, and building a metro. Those are
great games. And Kennedy invented a great game of getting a man on
the moon.
I'd appreciate it if next time someone on this list talks about games,
they included the definition they were talking about.
Incidentally not all games are serious. Some are lighthearted, with
insouciant players.
All best wishes,
Ant
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