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 interestingly when it comes to very social games you end up in a situation where the meta itself ends up becoming something the player needs to negotiate, regardless of (though usually in addition to) Developer Intent
