ubermore notes by Mike Williams

Columnist and composer Stephen Poole says “games suffer from cinema envy” – they think they should be Hollywood epics, when actually the enjoyment of play is enough. But I was struck by an excellent point by author Trevor Byrne: “When kids are playing cops and robbers, are they playing a game, or are they telling a story?” The obvious answer is that somehow, they’re seamlessly doing both.

- The player: are games the opposite of stories? | Technology | The Guardian