~ games can be finite or infinite

• from 📰 Finite and Infinite Games

• see also: ~ if you can design one minute of fun gameplay you can stretch it indefinitely

But if there’s anything more satisfying than setting a new high score, it’s this: keeping the game going. The philosopher and religious studies professor James Carse once wrote that there are two kinds of games: finite and infinite.3 A finite game is played for the purpose of finding out who wins. An infinite game is played for the purpose of keeping the play going as long as possible.

— ❐ SuperBetter - The Power of Living Gamefully

• see also maintenance game