The game about the game. In game development, it’s often cited that it’s all about the meta game. It often has it’s own rules, is player organized, and is an emergent behavior (not intentionally designed).
Examples:
- When playing fantasy baseball, you compete directly, but the real fun is the meta game of trash talking your friends and finding interesting narratives.
- A board game tournament, even though you might lose a few matches, as long as you made it to the next round you were pleased. The tournament is the meta game.
Links to this note
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A talk given by Brian Moriarty, a renowned game designer/developer, that encourages listeners to dedicate themselves to the pursuit of making something awe-inspiring.
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Reflections on Writing 1000 Notes
I’ve now written 1,000 notes since May 25, 2020 in my Zettelkasten. You can see my reflections on writing 500 notes and here are my thoughts since then.
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Learning How to Read (Literature Notes)
An essay from Niklas Luhmann about learning to read and how there are different kinds of books that require different approaches.