  What is a game or Why There is a Time and a Place for
Philosophical Debates. rants opinion gaming gamification After
my last item about serious games (Too Broad a Term to be
Meaningful), one topic of debate came up. How can we determine
if the term Serious Games is too broad, if we don’t really
understand what games are?I have looked into this question
before and it has to be said, at an academic and philosophical
level – it is muddy as hell. Generally it is accepted that a
game is structure play (where play is free from form and rules).
Here are a few definitions (taken mostly from
Wikipedia).Philosopher Read more [...]  Serious Games: Too Broad
a Term to be Meaningful  Serious Games: Too Broad a Term to be
Meaningful opinion gaming gamification A while back, I wrote a
piece on the difference between serious games, games and
gamification. It was simple, but covered the important areas of
what makes them different from each other.  Since then, I have
had more involvement with serious games (recently helped