a game is
@Lady i think of games as too hard to define to have an answer to this poll i would purrsonally be satisfied with
@aescling see that's why i'm trying dialectics
@Lady i feel like this is a dialectic negotiated on a per-game basis to an appreciable extent; something like gmod being built around the latter; linear narrative driven games designed around the former
@Lady though part of what is interesting about this is how The Meta can often subvert games developed with the latter goal in mind by finding optimal builds and punishing players for not using them