I've been thinking about this in relation to the video game community and there doesn't seem to be as much anxiety around considering puzzles as games. There are countless video games that are just a series of single-solution puzzles with varying degrees of narrative framework around them. - ThreadSky

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boardgamefeast.bsky.social • 11 days ago

I've been thinking about this in relation to the video game community and there doesn't seem to be as much anxiety around considering puzzles as games. There are countless video games that are just a series of single-solution puzzles with varying degrees of narrative framework around them.

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mikerayhawk.bsky.social•11 days ago

Even there, there's a delineation.

If I'm completing a CAPTCHA that asks me to put a puzzle piece in a correct spot, that's a task, not a game.

If I'm playing a Disney adventure and now I'm Mickey Mouse putting a puzzle piece in a correct spot, now it's absolutely a game.

boardgamefeast.bsky.social•10 days ago

I mean others have suggested that games are defined by having a fail state and Captchas definitely have those 😅

mikerayhawk.bsky.social•10 days ago

Fail states, rules, objectives, player interaction, unique mechanics, meaningful choices - I like to use driving to work as the counterexample to all these supposed game identifiers.

Driving to work and CAPTCHA aren't games because they operate towards real-life goals, and not to a play space.

saintgamers.bsky.social•11 days ago

Yes, like Tetris, even though there are more than one solution for Tetris it is ultimately a game about puzzling pieces together. I haven’t considered puzzles as games in the past but I am also not opposed if someone else does consider them a game.

soupness.bsky.social•11 days ago

Tetris is very much a game though.

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