After having looked at some definitions of the terms “Play” and “Game” in the last episode, today we’re going a bit deeper and we’ll look at possible definitions of “Computer Game”. Which is relevant for board games because those definitions will try and separate computer games from other games. And by looking at those separators we will learn something about board games.
Works Cited
Papers and Books
WHAT IS A COMPUTER GAME?, Veli-Matti Karulahti, John R. Sageng, In: The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Games, Routledge, 2026
ART AND THE AESTHETIC: AN INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS, George Dickie, Cornell University Press, 1974
HOMO LUDENS, Johan Huizinga, The Beacon Press, 1950
INTERACTIVE FICTION: THE COMPUTER STORYGAME „ADVENTURE“, Mary Ann Buckles, University of California, 1985
CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE (Series), Various Authors, Bantam Books, 1979-1998
AVATARS OF STORY, Marie-Laure Ryan, University of Minnesota Press, 2006
THE GRASSHOPPER, Bernhard Suits, University of Toronto Press, 1978
THERE IS NO MAGIC CIRCLE: ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COMPUTER GEMES AND TRADITIONAL GAMES, M. Liebe, In: Proceedings of the Philosophy of Computer Games, 2008
Games (excluding Sports and public domain):
PONG, Allan Alcorn, Atari, 1972
GRAND THEFT AUTO (Series), David Jones, Mike Dailly, Rockstar Games, 1997ff
CALL OF DUTY (Series), Uncredited, Activision, 2003ff
POKEMON GO, Matthew Ein, Junichi Masuda, Niantic, 2016
THROW THROW BURRITO, Inman, Lee, Spence, Exploding Kittens, 2019
RUSH HOUR, Nob Yoshigahara, Think fun, 1996
RUBIK’S CUBE, Ernö Rubik, Rubik’s Brand, 1974
EXIT: THE GAME (Series), Inka & Markus Brand, Kosmos, 2016ff
UNLOCK (Series), Carroll, Cauet, Demaegd et all, Space Cowboys, 2017ff
DONKEY KONG, Shigeru Miyamoto, Gunpei Yokoi, Nintendo 1981
SPACE INVADERS, Tomohiro Nishikado, Taito, 1978
PAC-MAN, Toru Iwatani, Namco, 1980
COLOSSAL CAVE ADVENTURE, William Crowther, 1976
CANDY CRUSH SAGA, Uncredited, King, 2012
OATHSWORN: INTO THE DEEPWOOD, Baerald, Buchyk, Jackson, Lu, Lu, Shadowborn Games, 2022
AGEMONIA, Max Wilkström, Lautapelit, 2024
KINFIRE CHRONICLES: NIGTH’S FALL, Wilson, Hardy, Kapuścińska, Perdue, Incredible Dream Studios, 2023
MONOPOLY, Elisabeth J. Magie, Charles Darrow, Parker Brothers, 1935
CATAN, Klaus Teuber, Kosmos, 1995
THE LORD OF THE RINGS, Rainer Knizia, Kosmos, 2000
PANDEMIC, Matt Leacock, Z-Man Games, 2008
SETI: SEARCH FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE, Tomáš Holek, Czech Games Edition, 2024
FORREST SHUFFLE, Kosh, Lookout Games, 2023
PLANET UNKNOWN, Ryan Lambert, Adam Rehberg, Adam’s Apple Games, 2022
ARK NOVA, Mathias Wigge, Feuerland Spiele, 2021
THE LOST RUINS OF ARNAK, Elwen, Mín, Czech Games Edition, 2020
