game trailblazer

Chapter 163 What is a game?
Just when the fairy sword whirlwind was just blowing, Zhao Haiguang also started running around to improve the public opinion environment according to the agreement with Zhang Lexing, taking an article provided by Zhang Lexing titled "What is the game?" "The manuscript, every newspaper office went to visit in person.

In the newspaper office of an authoritative newspaper in the central government...

"President Qin, look at this..." Zhao Haiguang asked with concern as he folded his hands on the manuscript and leaned forward slightly.

"Hai Guang, this matter is difficult for you." President Qin leaned on the chair behind the desk with a troubled expression on his face.

"President Qin, you also know that I am now the president of the China Game Industry Association, but the current public opinion environment for video games is too negative, which is very unfavorable to our work. Can you see..."

Before Zhao Haiguang finished speaking, President Qin went on to say: "I think you know the reason for the current situation. It is really inconvenient for us to sing a different tune at this time. Why don't you wait for a while and wait Let’s talk about it after it fades away.”

"President Qin, you misunderstood me. I don't want you to sing a different tune at this time."

"Well, what do you mean?" President Qin asked puzzled.

"You read this manuscript first." Zhao Haiguang put the manuscript on the desk and pushed it in front of President Qin.

President Qin didn't directly pick up the manuscript to read, but asked instead: "This is..."

"This is an article I asked senior people in the game industry to write. It is mainly a popular article on game knowledge. To clarify the concept of the game, no matter what you say, it will be targeted, President Qin, what do you think?"

"Well... what you said has some truth. For debates, you have to find out who you are. But I have to read this manuscript first. As for whether it can be published, I have to check with the editor-in-chief."

"President Qin, I'll leave this matter to you, but you have to promise me one thing."

"Oh, what's the matter?"

"It's just that this manuscript cannot be changed, because it is relatively professional. If you modify it casually, it may affect the expression of the meaning of the article."

"Okay, don't change it if you don't change it."

"Thank you, Uncle Qin."

"My child, you thought you didn't want to bark anymore."

"Hehe, Uncle Qin, didn't we talk about business just now?"

"You……"

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This kind of situation was repeated in different newspaper offices. After completing the visit to the newspaper office, Zhao Haiguang was not idle, and continued to mobilize his own relationship to promote the development of this matter.In the end, I don't know whether the manuscript met the requirements or whether interpersonal relationships played a role in it. In short, the newspapers that Zhao Haiguang visited agreed to publish this manuscript, but because the manuscript had a large number of words, it could only be serialized to make it into a good result. Published in five installments.

The office building of a local party committee in the central region...

Lao Li in the mail room divided the newspapers delivered by the postman according to his usual habits, and delivered the newspapers one by one.Director Chen of the Propaganda Department also made a cup of tea as usual, lit a cigarette, and waited for the newspaper to arrive.

As usual, at three minutes after nine o'clock, there was a knock on the door, and then Lao Li from the mail room walked into the office of the Propaganda Department with a stack of newspapers.

"Old Li, are today's newspapers here?" Minister Chen asked after taking a sip of tea.

"Newspapers are here." Lao Li replied, and skillfully took out a few newspapers from the stack and put them on Minister Chen's desk.

"Old Li, it's hard work."

"It's okay. Minister Chen, I'll go first." Putting down the newspaper, Lao Li immediately left and left the office of the Propaganda Department.

After Lao Li left, Minister Chen took another sip of tea, put the cigarette in his hand on the ashtray, and picked up the newspaper to read.After flipping through the newspapers for a while, an article published in a central authoritative newspaper attracted his attention, but not because of how beautiful the article was, or because it was directly related to his work, but because of the Judging from his experience, this article should not have appeared in such an authoritative newspaper.

This article is "What is the game ([-])", the content of the article is as follows: "

When the word game is mentioned, the first reaction of many people is electronic games, which are those attractive gadgets in arcade game halls or game consoles connected to the TV at home, or those virtual time and space in computers.In fact, the history of games is very long. The game form of Go alone has a history of at least three or four thousand years. It was there before video game consoles and computers.

If you want to discuss a thing, you must first give this thing an accurate definition, so what exactly is a game?
In "Ci Hai", the explanation of games is as follows: "One of the important means of sports, a kind of cultural entertainment.There are intellectual games (such as chess, building blocks, crosswords), sports activities (such as hide-and-seek, carrying relay), and competitive activities (such as football and table tennis).Games generally have rules, which play a certain role in developing intelligence and physical strength. "Look at the explanation in "Modern Chinese Dictionary" again: "(1) Entertainment activities.Such as hide and seek, guess lantern riddles and so on.Some kind of sports activities of informal competition, such as recreational ball, are also called games. (2) play.Several children are under the big tree~'

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Kant's theory of free play: In the activities of internal means, the subject does not have to depend on external things, so he is free.Play is precisely an activity that is free (in terms of means) because of the immanence of means.Games can be divided into broad sense and narrow sense: games in the broad sense generally refer to all activities with internal purpose; games in the narrow sense only refer to activities with emotional experience as the internal purpose.Among them, games in the narrow sense are divided into two types: "comfortable games" are formless games aimed at pleasure experience; "beautiful games" are formal games aimed at aesthetic experience.

Schiller's Harmony Game Theory: Schiller divides the game of life into two types, one is the "natural game" of irrational (perceptual) creatures; the other is the "aesthetic play" of both sensual and rational people. game'. 'Natural play' is the activity of irrational beings with some freedom (but not complete freedom) in the sense that they are not oppressed by material needs. 'Aesthetic games' are activities with aesthetic freedom (complete freedom due to harmony) carried out by sensual and rational people in an inner harmonious way.

Freud's virtual theory of games: games and real activities are consistent in their ultimate goal, and the difference between the two is only in the means or ways to achieve the goal, that is: one is real, and the other is virtual or imagined .That is to say, games are virtual activities in which people use imagination to satisfy their own wishes.

Hu Yiqing’s theory of games: games are voluntary activities or pastimes, which are carried out within a fixed time and space, and the rules are freely accepted by players, but they are absolutely binding. Play is an end in itself with an emotion of tension, pleasure, and awareness that it is different from everyday life.

Gadamer's Fusion Theory of Games:  …

It can be seen that the definition and thinking of games are quite different between China and foreign countries. Here, for the convenience of discussion, we give a definition to games: the main purpose is to directly obtain pleasure, and there must be a subject to participate in interactive activities.This definition illustrates the two most basic characteristics of "games": one is to directly obtain pleasure (including physical and psychological pleasure) as the main purpose; the other is to participate in the interaction of the subject.Subject participation in interaction refers to the direct relationship between changes in the subject's actions, language, and expressions, and the stimulation methods and degrees of pleasure.

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This article contains a lot of theoretical knowledge. Minister Chen actually doesn't understand it, but it doesn't matter. Sometimes it doesn't matter whether the content is understood or not, but the attitude it represents must be clear.

Minister Chen felt that he understood, but there were some things that he could not decide by himself, so he took the newspaper and came to the secretary's office.After the two had a secret discussion, Minister Chen returned to his office and called the city newspaper.

"Xiao Wang, some time ago you followed the party closely, and the critical reports you published were very good. Hmm... have you read today's newspaper?"

"Minister Chen, I'm watching." President Wang of the city newspaper replied
"Well, keep up with the situation, pay more attention to the latest news, and follow the party."

"Minister Chen, I understand, I will pay more attention."

Due to the appearance of neutral articles such as "What is a Game" in the central authoritative newspapers that simply introduce games, many local newspapers that actively followed up and pursued video games in the early stage began to restrain themselves, or because they could not grasp the direction and gave up. If there are reports in this area, or simply reprint this article directly, it can be regarded as keeping up with the form.

The principal's office of a middle school in the eastern region...

The newspaper in President Qian's hand also reprinted the article "What is a Game", and also specially marked it as coming from an authoritative newspaper in the central government.The reprinted article reads: "...

As a method of studying everything in the world, classification is a concrete manifestation of human inductive thinking.In the cognition process of the game, the operation of the classification method is more obvious.

The classification method is based on the premise of the classification standard...Although the forms of human games from ancient times to the present are very different, they are defined according to the two standards of 'consciousness' and 'rules', which can be framed in four basic types of cognitive landscapes Inside.That is to say, the horizontal axis is "whether to mobilize the player's consciousness" and the vertical axis is "whether the game itself has rules".

Competition: both consciousness and rules, such as chess, billiards and most economic sports;
Simulation: Conscious but without rules, such as children's play house, masquerade, etc.;

Luck: has rules but does not reflect consciousness, such as games that use dice such as roulette;
Vertigo: Involuntary and irregular, e.g. children on swivel chairs or swings, roller coasters at playgrounds, etc.

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Electronic games can be said to be the master of the above four types of games. Not only is the confrontational "competition" essential, but also the "simulation" factor that maintains a certain correspondence with the real world can be seen everywhere, and "luck", The 'stun' factor is also an integral part of video games.

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To explain why people are keen on games, we must mention a feature of video games, that is, most video games are produced by game development companies as commodities, and as commodities, they must have the ability to attract people.Specific to electronic games, the essence of its attractive ability lies in "entertainment". Meaning (such as learning a certain kind of knowledge) can only exist as an accessory, otherwise once the game loses its "entertainment", no matter how many and clever meanings are added, it will only be meaningless if no one plays it.Just like entertaining and teaching, there must be "music" first, and then "teaching" can be attached, otherwise only "teaching" is left, and where should we talk about entertaining and teaching.

In fact, in the final analysis, for adults or minors, video games are just a tool for entertainment, just like children often play horseback riding and fighting, playing house, etc., and adults often play Go and bridge. , singing, group activities, etc., or watching TV or movies, essentially gain a sense of pleasure through victory or in the process of entertainment.

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Principal Qian didn't fully understand what was mentioned in the article, but he still understood the sentence 'Video games are a tool for entertainment'. In fact, this fact is already obvious, but sometimes some Selective blindness often occurs when there are such outcomes.In fact, if this article appeared in a certain game magazine, even if Principal Qian saw it, he would at most laugh it off, but the situation is different now, sometimes the content of the article is not important, what matters is where the article appears .

"Could it be that the direction of the wind is about to change?" Principal Qian thought while holding the newspaper.

There was a knock on the door, and Principal Qian raised his head and said, "Come in."

The door of the principal's office was pushed open, and the dean hurried in from outside, holding a newspaper in his hand.

"Principal, you read... read this newspaper." The dean wanted to hand over the newspaper in his hand, but found that Principal Qian already had a copy, so he withdrew his extended hand in a little embarrassment.

"I've seen it, Director Hu, what's the matter?"

"Principal, aren't we going to hold a farewell video game swearing-in meeting next week? Do you think we can do it now?"

"Hmm... this..." Headmaster Qian was a little undecided. He wanted to talk about what to do. If the wind direction really changed, wouldn't he be in the middle of the gun? But if he didn't do it, he was almost ready It seems hard to say.

Director Hu noticed Principal Qian's hesitation, and an idea flashed in his mind, "Principal, why don't we find a reason to postpone this matter."

"That's a good idea. If you push it back, you might be able to see the direction clearly." Principal Qian thought about it for a while, and felt that it would be harmless to him, so he put on a smiling face and said kindly to the dean: " Xiao Hu, you have a very flexible brain. I will leave this matter to you, do it well, and trust your ability in the organization."

Suddenly being praised by Principal Qian, the dean felt like a breeze blowing on his face. He felt extremely comfortable, and immediately nodded repeatedly, taking over the matter.It was only after he left the principal's office and walked for a while that he realized that he seemed to have done something stupid.

A city in the south...

As usual, Zhao Jing picked up her child Wang Haoran after get off work, not because Wang Haoran is still young, but in fact he is already in the first year of high school, so it is perfectly fine for him to go home by himself.It is because she is too obsessed with video games, often hangs around in those street game halls, and rarely returns home on time after school, Zhao Jing had to take this extraordinary measure.

In fact, a few years ago, Zhao Jing bought a home video game console for Wang Haoran, but unfortunately, she and the child's father didn't know anything about it, so Wang Haoran had to let Wang Haoran figure it out.Unexpectedly, it was out of control. He played some fighting and killing things all day long, and he also forgot to sleep and eat. The child's father smashed the video game console in a rage.In the end, he couldn't stay at home anymore, so Wang Haoran simply slipped out to play. In order to let him go home on time, Zhao Jing had no choice but to pick him up from school every day.

When I came to the school gate, it was time for school to end. As the school gate opened, a large group of children rushed out.From a long distance, Zhao Jing saw Wang Haoran pushing the bicycle at a glance, and it seemed that he often looked a little different today.

When the child came to her, Zhao Jing asked with concern: "Hao Ran, are you alright?"

Wang Haoran shook his head, handed over the newspaper in his hand, and said, "Mom, this is what the teacher asked me to bring back for you to read."

Zhao Jing took the newspaper and threw it into the car basket, then sat in the car, with one foot on the side of the road and one foot on the pedal, she turned her head and said to her child: "Hao Ran, go home first, the newspaper is home Let's see."

Wang Haoran nodded, got on the bicycle, and stepped on the pedal hard...

When she got home, Zhao Jing supervised Wang Haoran to go back to her room and start doing her homework. She took a break and remembered the newspaper just now, so she picked it up and read it.The content in the front is very ordinary, and Zhao Jing has seen a lot, but when she turned to the back, an article titled "What is the game ([-])" attracted her attention.

The article reads: "...the game types are mainly divided into ACT, F**, S**, FPS, SLG, RPG, AVG, SIM, SPG, RAC, PUZ, MUG, ETC and other types.

The English full name of ACT game is ActionGame, which means action game.In the game, the player controls the game characters to use various weapons to eliminate enemies to pass the level, not to pursue a complete storyline.Common games include "Super Mario", "Contra", "Prince of Persia" and so on.

"Super Mario" mainly describes...

The main plot of "Contra" is..."

Next to these two paragraphs, there are also game pictures of "Super Mario" and "Contra". Although they are not very clear, Zhao Jing has already recognized them. It turns out that the one Wang Haoran played before is on the screen. The game that jumps around is "Super Mario", and the game she thinks is fighting and killing is "Contra". According to the newspaper, "Super Mario" is to defeat the villain and save the princess, "Contra "It is the aliens who resist the invasion. It seems that these two games seem to be quite positive.

The rest of the article continued to introduce several other types of games, and then the topic turned to genuine games and pirated games. Only then did Zhao Jing realize that the game cards that she bought for her children were all pirated. For genuine games, not only must there be good packaging, but the content of the game has also been strictly reviewed, and the age group the game is suitable for will be marked, while pirated games are mixed, with all kinds of content, mixed together and sold in packages.The content of the following article mentioned street game halls again. From the accompanying pictures and text descriptions, Zhao Jing heard for the first time that street game halls are also divided into grades and grades. A good street game hall is the kind It is spacious and bright, with a beautiful environment, and there are different time limits for players entering the game hall according to whether they are adults or not.

At the end of the article, Zhao Jing saw that the source of the article was marked as an authoritative newspaper in the central government, which indicated that the content of the article was reliable. On the other hand, her original understanding of the game was not completely correct, and the game was not what she wanted. As bad as imagined, there are actually good sides.

After reading the newspaper, Zhao Jing couldn't help but fell into deep thought, reminiscing about her previous attitude towards games...

(End of this chapter)