How Metagaming Transforms Games, Design and Life
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There are many uses of the term meta in games, from the meta, to meta progression, to metagaming a game. Why these diverse array of uses? Perhaps it should clue us into the fact that metagaming encompasses all games, which has implications for how we think and define games themselves. Thanks to all Patrons! Support the channel on Patreon for bonus content. https://www.patreon.com/c/gameoveranalyser Special thanks to Fabijan Ljubanović , tK2473 , Kati Baker , Daemon Hunter ( sorry for omitting your names ) Sources - Metagaming , Patrick LeMieux and Stephanie Boluk - Metagames, orthogames, paragames , https://people.eng.unimelb.edu.au/mharrop/pdf/metagames.pdf - Beyond a boundary , CLR James - Richard garfield, Metagames - The paradoxes of rationality, Nigel Howard. - A Theory of Play and Fantasy , Gregory Bateson - Half Real, Jesper Juul - On Game Definition , Jonne Arjorantha https://jonne.arjoranta.fi/2021/wittgenstein-didnt-think-you-cant-define-games/ https://gamestud
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