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Ludwig Wittgensein

Ludwig Wittgenstein was probably the first academic philosopher to address the definition of the word game in his Philosophical Investigation.Wittgenstein demonstrated  that the element of games, such as play, rule, and competition, all fail to adequately define what games are. Wittgenstein concluded that people apply the term age to a range of disparate human activities that bear to one another only what one might call family resemblances.

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Game are Goal

Key components of games are goals. rules, challenge, and intercaction. Games generally involve mental or physical stimulation, and often both. Many game help develop practical skills, serve as a form of exercise, or otherwise perform an educationa, simulational, or psycholigical role, According to Chris Crawford, the requirement for player interaction purt activities such as jigsaw puzzles and solitaire game into the category or puzzles rather than games Attested as early as 2600BC games are a universal part of  human experience and present in all cultures. The Royal Game of Ur. Senet and Macala are Some of the oldest known games