Life is a game : what game design says about the human condition /: what game design says about the human condition. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edward Castronova.
• Authors: Castronova, Edward
• Contents: Introductiona. Stances and the Strategic Layerb. Concepts and Examplesc. Is there a Game Designer?d. Life's Important; So Are Gamese. We Can Only Write From Who We ArePart I: The Strategic Turn1. Why Do Great Thinkers Keep Saying That Life is a Game?a. The Many Similarities Between Living, Gaming, and Playingb. Focus: Four Books that Come Close to Life, the Gamei. Hugo Rahner: Man at Play (1967/1949)ii. Bernard Suits: The Grasshopper (1978)iii. Michel de Certeau: The Practice of Everyday Life (1984)iv. James Carse: Finite and Infinite Games (1987)c. What is the Game of Life, Really?d. The Present Moment: An Insufferable Boredome. How Game Design Responds to Boredom2.The Environment of Decisiona. The natural worldb. Meaning and mindc. Boredom and Sufferingd. The Immaterial World3. Is this a game?a. First features of the game of everythingi. Life as an idle gameii. Life as Minesweeperiii. Life as Role-Playing Gameb. What explains the similarity of life to a game?c. How game design illuminates social processesd. How to play4. The Strategic Layera. Layersb. Strategy and tacticsc. The strategic layerd. On victory conditionse. Operational goals5. Stancesa. Choosing stancesb. Four strategic comments about philosophical commitmentsc. How to evaluate a stanced. How stances changePart II. A Catalog of Stances6. The Hedonistic Stancea. Commitmentsb. Victory conditionsc. Strategiesd. Assessment7. The Excellence Stancea. Commitmentsb. Victory conditionsc. Strategiesd. Assessment8. The Heroic Stancea. Commitmentsb. Victory conditionsc. Strategiesd. Assessment9. The Orthodox Stancea. Commitmentsb. Victory conditionsc. Strategiesd. Assessment10. The Mystic Stancea. Commitmentsb. Victory conditionsc. Strategiesd. AssessmentPart III. ConclusionBibliographyIndex.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 793; Games -- Design; Games -- Social aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781501359170; 9781501359163
• Related ISBNs: 9781501359187; 9781501360619
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