| It's hard to escape addicting games whether | | | | (Games and Men), defined a game as an activity |
| you're 5 or 50. This is because games are a | | | | that must have the following characteristics: fun, |
| universal part of human experience, present in all | | | | separate, uncertain, non-productive, governed by |
| cultures - just imagine life without them! Having | | | | rules, and fictitious. |
| been played as far back as the 30th century BC, | | | | Games are often defined by their rules, and |
| some of the oldest known games include The | | | | classified by the tools required to play them - a |
| Royal Game of Ur, Mancala, and Senet. | | | | ball, cards, a board, or a computer, for example. |
| Games are usually undertaken for enjoyment | | | | A game's tools and rules will result in its requiring |
| though they are sometimes used as educational | | | | skill, strategy, chance, or a combination of all. |
| tools. Several help develop practical skills or serve | | | | Types of games include sports, lawn games, |
| as a form of exercise, since games generally | | | | board games, card games, video games, online |
| involve mental and/or physical stimulation. Many | | | | games, and role-playing games. |
| are also considered to be art. | | | | In any case, most games are easy to get |
| Ludwig Wittgenstein from Austria may have been | | | | hooked on once you start playing it. Addicting |
| the first academic philosopher to address the | | | | games equal endless hours of fun, entertainment |
| definition of the word "game". In his work | | | | and growth, whether you play them by yourself |
| Philosophical Investigations, he stated that the | | | | or with family and friends. And when a game is |
| concept could not be contained by any single | | | | played by a group, it also becomes a bonding |
| definition, but that games must be looked at as a | | | | experience with others. The most important thing |
| series of definitions that share a "family | | | | to remember when playing addicting games, |
| resemblance" to one another. French sociologist | | | | whether for leisure or something else, is to enjoy |
| Roger Caillois, in his book Les jeux et les homes | | | | oneself in the process. |