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Friday, October 22, 2004
Game rules are a funny thing. I overheard two boys (brothers) yesterday who jumped around on the Vredenburg square in Utrecht. One (the older one) said to the other: You can't jump from here to there in one jump! The other one tried and tried, but couldn't...then he apparently got a bright idea and cut the jump in two by using first one leg and then the other. He said: I could! The other one of course said that he was cheating, but the younger brother simply refused and stated: I'm allowed to do it - and thereby ending the discussion. Of course game rules are less consistent than world rules (world rules are in this case the physical laws and game rules the frame of rules within a task must be succeeded) but it had forgotten how easy children can reinvent rules in midgame. "This did not go before, but it goes now because it does" is a statement I now remember from my childhood, and it is certainly a statement I would love to transfer the game context to the "reality" context. I will work on that. It's always great to get in touch with your inner child again! *** - | posted by Tommy on 1:45 PM ---ooo--- |
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