A Critical Thought on Defining Video Games

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Dear Esther
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Dear Esther (2012)
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Today's Critical Thought is about the ever popular topic of defining video games. I talked about the challenges of setting up a definition and some of the criteria that I use when trying to answer the question.

Let me know what you consider to be any definitions of games in the comments, and your thoughts on titles like Gone Home and Dear Esther regarding if they would be considered games or not.

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I'm Josh Bycer and I run the site Game-Wisdom, where I examine the art and science of games. Here on Youtube, I put out a variety of videos that consists of let's plays, examinations and more.



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