Re: [s-d] [s-b] (no subject)

[Kerim Aydin <kerim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 5 Sep 2012, Daniel Lepage wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Elliott Hird
> <penguinofthegods@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > You forgot the game state (of which the ruleset is arguably a part,
> > although it also defines the game state, so that may be uncomfortably
> > circular for some).
> 
> IMO, a game is just a group of people doing things and associating
> meaning with their actions. The ruleset, records of the gamestate,
> etc. are just ways to help make sure the players' mental models of the
> game are roughly the same; "the gamestate" as an object in and of
> itself doesn't exist.

That it even might be thought to exist is a unique aspect (fallacy?) of 
certain online sequential nomics, I think.



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