Inside this article is a shorter, more positive, more encouraging and less derogatory article struggling to get out. "Wonderful ways to think about the games w

Inside this article is a shorter, more positive, more encouraging and less derogatory article struggling to get out. "Wonderful ways to think about the games we play" would be a great article. I want to like this article, but it took too many mean turns. It's not considerate of all the reasons we play games. As John McCarthy (AI, Lisp) used to say: "Hard distinctions make bad philosophy."