what is game?

A game is something that people do for fun. It is different from work. In many games, people play against other people.

There are different kinds of games. For example, in video games, people often use controllers to control what happens on a screen, such as a television screen. In board games, players often move pieces on a flat surface called a board. Some examples of board games include Monopoly, chess, and checkers. In card games, players use playing cards.

French sociologist Roger Caillois, in his book Les jeux et les hommes (Games and Men), said that a game is an activity that must have the following traits:

• fun: the activity is chosen because it is fun
• separate: it is circumscribed in time and place
• uncertain: the outcome of the activity is not known at the beginning
• non-productive: participation does not accomplish anything useful
• governed by rules: the activity has rules that are different from everyday life
• fictitious: it is accompanied by the awareness of a different reality