Defining Culture - Ch 29

-Games are culture.
-culture schemas do not directly derive from games’ intrinsic qualities
-they come from the relationship between games and larger contexts (game system)

-As a representation, games reflect culture
-Games can transform culture
-transformative play: when the free movement of play alters the more rigid structure it is in

1-reflection
2-transformation

For a game, culture occurs outside of the magic circle
games as cultural representations: reflecting the meaning of the contexts they are played.