The games that human societies devised over the centuries can be
considered one of the most comprehensive and fertile symbolic
systems ever created by human ingenuity. In all societies, members
feel compelled to interact and communicate with each other as much
as possible. As linguistic creatures, humans use language to
establish social and interpersonal contacts. Games are a device to
enable such connections. Robert Perinbanayagam examines how players
value games. He assesses games as systems that embody metaphysics
and pragmatic action. He then examines various religious ideas and
how participants reference respective approaches to game playing.
Perinbanayagam argues that games are forms of activity in which the
human agent as an actor engages with others in various
interactional situations. Such engagement creates dramas in which
agents assume identities, give play to emotions and enrich their
selves. He also examines the issue of game writing, particularly
how selected writers have used game structures as narrative devices
in their work.
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