Comments on: Is This A Game? (The Game Police)

By: Bankley

Bankley — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:56:08 +0000

Thanks!

Glad I’m not the only frustrated with the discourse about this silly issue. Game Police is cute but it isn’t helping.

By: Mahdi

Mahdi — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 06:48:07 +0000

gamely

By: nobody

nobody — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 23:37:56 +0000

‘Deeply shallow’ is a fun phrase.

(Also, I’d like to change my answer to: “if there’s a point to the Game Police’s performance it’s that this sort of discussion is a silly waste of time and energy.” Apologies for engaging!)

By: Bankley

Bankley — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 22:57:41 +0000

>the “not a game!” cry is routinely used to police boundaries in ways that overshadow any possible tangible benefit

I think Regi’s point is that that, while arguably true in some instances, that perspective can be deeply shallow and reductive.

By: nobody

nobody — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 14:04:32 +0000

If you want to avoid committing precisely the same sin you’re leveling against this bit of parody, maybe you ought to explain your supposed “point of the game/not-game distinction”?

If there’s a point to the Game Police’s performance (in this piece and elsewhere) it’s that the “not a game!” cry is routinely used to police boundaries in ways that overshadow any possible tangible benefit.

By: Regi.Rock

Regi.Rock — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 13:27:46 +0000

Wow, completely misses the point of the game/not-game distinction and creates comical straw men to mock. This glorified blog post adds nothing to a conversation it doesn’t even understand.

By: Phack

Phack — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 22:37:10 +0000

I love this GAME. I wonder who is behind the Game Police twitter account.

By: Louis F.

Louis F. — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 06:53:48 +0000

; )

By: David T. Marchand

David T. Marchand — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 05:10:01 +0000

Yes, but is it a game?

By: Louis F.

Louis F. — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 04:52:43 +0000

I like that the main takeaway of this funny little thing is “Let’s just focus on something else”. Feels both reasonable and liberating.