Antigame

Quick meaning: Antigame is a noun meaning A game which cannot be played in the conventional sense.

Meaning

A game which cannot be played in the conventional sense.

More Meanings

1. (game theory) A strategy in which a player refuses to participate in a game or replaces it with a game with different rules.

Example Sentences

When capacity to respond to any aggression at a corresponding level of violence does not exist, the strategy of antigame is recommended.

Just like in Arcangel's work, we are confronted with an antigame: all the interactivity and stress in the game are removed, and we experience a calm and meditative atmosphere.

As one site explained: 'We were going to refer to Dungeon Keeper as a non-game, but that's not really accurate. It's an antigame. It is purposefully designed not to require thought[.]"

The principle is the same as in kicking the provocative boxer or using strategic weapons in response to a tactical nuclear challenge. A strategy designed for refusing to play a game might be called an antigame strategy.

Word Forms

• antigames

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include nongame, antimusic, nonplay, antivideo, nontrump, nonantigen.

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