The Well-Played Game: A Player's Philosophy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780262553988)

The return of a classic book about games and play that illuminates the relationship between the well-played game and the well-lived life.

In The Well-Played Game, games guru Bernard De Koven explores the interaction of play and games, offering players--as well as game designers, educators, and scholars--a guide to how games work. De Koven's classic treatise on how human beings play together, first published in 1978, investigates many issues newly resonant in the era of video and computer games, including social gameplay and player modification. The digital game industry, now moving beyond its emphasis on graphic techniques to focus on player interaction, has much to learn from The Well-Played Game.

Author: Bernard de Koven
ISBN-10: 0262553988
ISBN-13: 9780262553988
Publisher: MIT Press
Language: English
Published: 12/02/2025
Pages: 172
Format: Paperback