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Addicting Games


It's hard to escape addicting games whether you're 5 or 50. This is because games are a universal part of human experience, present in all cultures - just imagine life without them! Having been played as far back as the 30th century BC, some of the oldest known games include The Royal Game of Ur, Mancala, and Senet.



Games are usually undertaken for enjoyment though they are sometimes used as educational tools. Several help develop practical skills or serve as a form of exercise, since games generally involve mental and/or physical stimulation. Many are also considered to be art.



Ludwig Wittgenstein from Austria may have been the first academic philosopher to address the definition of the word "game". In his work Philosophical Investigations, he stated that the concept could not be contained by any single definition, but that games must be looked at as a series of definitions that share a "family resemblance" to one another. French sociologist Roger Caillois, in his book Les jeux et les homes (Games and Men), defined a game as an activity that must have the following characteristics: fun, separate, uncertain, non-productive, governed by rules, and fictitious.



Games are often defined by their rules, and classified by the tools required to play them - a ball, cards, a board, or a computer, for example. A game's tools and rules will result in its requiring skill, strategy, chance, or a combination of all. Types of games include sports, lawn games, board games, card games, video games, online games, and role-playing games.



In any case, most games are easy to get hooked on once you start playing it. Addicting games equal endless hours of fun, entertainment and growth, whether you play them by yourself or with family and friends. And when a game is played by a group, it also becomes a bonding experience with others. The most important thing to remember when playing addicting games, whether for leisure or something else, is to enjoy oneself in the process.