Games and controversy: a medium taken too lightly
Games are fun. Ask people to define "what is a game?", and "fun" will probably be mentioned.
But just because something's fun doesn't mean it can't also be serious, or controversial. (Witness: sports, music, movies, sex, reading...) Nor is "fun" mutually exclusive with "meaningful" or "thought-provoking".
A friend recently talked a bit about games and controversy. The post is well worth reading.
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But just because something's fun doesn't mean it can't also be serious, or controversial. (Witness: sports, music, movies, sex, reading...) Nor is "fun" mutually exclusive with "meaningful" or "thought-provoking".
A friend recently talked a bit about games and controversy. The post is well worth reading.
Originally posted on Dreamwidth (comments:
)