Life Is a Game: What Game Design Says about the Human Condition

by Edward Castronova

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What if life is a game? Are you winning? Have you even decided what 'winning' is?

Game design could be defined in many ways, but here the term is used to denote the practice of creating choices. Designing a game, in this sense, involves crafting limits, rewards, incentives, and risks in such a way that the person who interacts with the game - the player - makes choices that have consequences.

Edward Castronova urges readers to think...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1501360612

ISBN13:9781501360619

Release Date:September 2020

Publisher:Bloomsbury Academic

Length:232 Pages

Weight:1.80 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"

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Computers Computers & Technology Games

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