Why do we play games?
Why do we play games? Why do you? Some suggestions include: To amuse To entertain To stimulate To challenge ourselves You can see these in the simple games through to more complex games. For example in the game “Tic Tac Toe” (also known as Noughts & Crosses) amusement on long journeys can be found. The challenge is limited with limited combinations but games like Connect 4 take it a step further. Why not Connect 10? Snakes and Ladders has a long history and was originally played to teach the moral lesson of virtue (ladders) opposed to temptation (snakes). Some play the game the opposite way round to be contrary. I’m not sure what that says about their morality? We demand, today, more complex games, developing the basic ideas. How about ladders that can be extended and snakes that having had their heads cut off multiply a...