Newman refers to the terms "paidea" and "ludus" to define what a game is
The game I have chosen is Metal Gear Solid because I like the fact that its Ludus in the sence that the whole object of the game is to fight for peace by going through multiple stories which the series bring to us otherwise the bad will all take over, so Snake (who you play) has the world in his hands.
The game makes you emotionally attached to the character, portraying himself as alone and whos always in combat and never gives up. The storylines are deeply emotional, with the player only doing the best they can to get snake through the missions, you can only hope for the best when the cinematic scenes come on.
The main object in the game is to obviously have fun, but to have fun you need a balance in difficulty so this is when struggle occurs. How Metal Gear Solid achieves struggle is by mixing a set of simple rules to get from A to B successfully by keeping to that balacne.
to be continued...
I can see how there are aspects of agon in completing the various parts of the game, and ilinx the movement, but I'm not sure there is any free play (paidea) as the game is very much goal driven.
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