Caillois The Definition of Play

Caillois take on playing and the game is very interesting and connects the way we have all played and view games throughout all the different stages in our life. He discusses they way games are play and the satisfactions we all get from them, but what separates this reading and makes it interesting is that it connects to the way we play games in this era of modern technology. He talks about how you as the player choose to play wither is competitive, gambling or even just children pretend to take on a certain role. With sports early on a lot of the players play for the love of the game, unlike now even though you still have some that do it has now become more about money and sometimes those players lose that part where they were just playing to enjoy and fulfill that need of competitions and fun, the rush of when they lose it makes them get back in the gym and work even harder to comeback and concur they opponent next time. He also adds to the idea that the player plays only when they wish to which is very true, because often we may give up when a challenge is too hard or when we were kids wanted to stop playing outside with our friends because it was no fun anymore or simply because we didn’t like the game anymore and wanted to do something else. This also stays with you into your adult hood wither you chose to let it go as you become older or still keep it with you, as many of us still has that child in us that makes us still enjoy the pleasure of playing and why the ten year old us that played smash brothers with our friends will still find time to meet up and play 20 years later with that same edge of competitiveness, just like a athlete who played the same sport for 10 plus years and even though they get older had injuries moved from team to team they still play because they keep going because of the love it gives. Its cool to also read something like this because now days in the world we have competitive gaming where the players are now being payed to play against other, which shows how much it has change over the years, because now you can turn on ESPN and see guys in their 20s plying the same games most of us play for fun making thousands just to play.