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Chapter 4: Design
Context Shapes Interpretation.................................................................................................................8
Summary...............................................................................................................................................10
Chapter 5: Systems............................................................................................................................................1
Introducing Systems...............................................................................................................................1
The Elements of a System.......................................................................................................................2
Framing Systems.....................................................................................................................................4
Open and Closed Systems.......................................................................................................................5
Summary.................................................................................................................................................6
Chapter 6: Interactivity.....................................................................................................................................1
Introducing Interactivity.........................................................................................................................1
Defining Interactivity..............................................................................................................................1
A Multivalent Model of Interactivity......................................................................................................3
But Is it "Designed" Interaction?............................................................................................................4
Interaction and Choice............................................................................................................................5
Choice Molecules....................................................................................................................................7
Anatomy of a Choice..............................................................................................................................8
Space of Possibility...............................................................................................................................10
Further Reading....................................................................................................................................12
Summary...............................................................................................................................................13
Chapter 7: Defining Games...............................................................................................................................1
Overview.................................................................................................................................................1
Play and Game........................................................................................................................................2
Comparing Definitions...........................................................................................................................3
Definition 1: David Parlett...............................................................................................................4
Definition 2: Clark C. Abt................................................................................................................4
Definition 3: Johann Huizinga.........................................................................................................5
Definition 4: Roger Caillois.............................................................................................................6
Definition 5: Bernard Suits...............................................................................................................6
Definition 6: Chris Crawford...........................................................................................................7
Definition 7: Greg Costikyan...........................................................................................................8
Definition 8: Elliot Avedon and Brian Sutton-Smith.......................................................................8
A Comparison.......................................................................................................................................10
Our Definition.......................................................................................................................................11
The Puzzle of Puzzles...........................................................................................................................11
Role-Playing Games.............................................................................................................................12
Further Reading....................................................................................................................................14
Summary...............................................................................................................................................14
Chapter 8: Defining Digital Games..................................................................................................................1
Overview.................................................................................................................................................1
The Computer Is Not a Computer...........................................................................................................1
What Can It Do?.....................................................................................................................................2
Integration...............................................................................................................................................6
Summary.................................................................................................................................................7
Chapter 9: The Magic Circle............................................................................................................................1
Overview.................................................................................................................................................1
Boundaries..............................................................................................................................................2
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