What is a game and why is it fun?

According to Jane McGonical, what is a game and why are games fun?  Are her ideas different from what you thought of on your own in our class discussion?

According to her, a game is something that makes you do unnecessary work or go though needless obstacles.  In other words, the fun version of hard work.  Videogames are considered on par with sports.  They one and the same.  Thus, they are fun.  At least that is the short and brief version of what Jane mentioned in her book.

I believe she has a point.  However, there are many different ways to interpret videogames.  There might be a majority.  There might not be one.  There could be an opinion that everybody agrees on.  Or it is like politics where nobody agrees at all.  Or they do and they develop rivalries and friendships just to spite them…  Oh wait.  We alrready do that in multiplayer.  Nevermind.  Back to the point, her definition of what makes a game a game seems right on target.

Truthfully, I believe that there is an understanding as to why games are fun.  It is because they challenge us in different ways and make the time fly by. That, I believe, everybody would agree upon.  At least with the people I have met in my lifetime.  Anyway, I had trouble believing that games are considered hard work.  After thinking on it for a couple of days, I must admit Jane has a point.  I have noticed that I don’t do mundane things like watch T.V. (except for occasional shows that provoke the mind in different ways or quite interesting) or surf the internet (my time is too valuable).  I have noticed I seem unbearably bored at certain times because the task is so easy or repetitive.  All of this supports her argument.  Thus, I agree with Jane wholeheartedly on her points of what makes a game a game and what makes them so fun.

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31 Responses to What is a game and why is it fun?

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    I can already tell we do not see eye to eye on McGonical’s point on gaming, which is totally fine with me. I believe every person has there own opinion and I am always open to others opinions. I truthfully believe that television, for myself, is very entertaining and don’t find it boring, well not of course if I think its boring show.

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