![]() ![]() ![]() Games that come in boxes, that use cards or playing pieces. I suppose you could argue that point holds true for sports, but this is not a book about sports. That simply wasn’t true in 1988 the way it’s true now. …Gurgeh never ceased to be fascinated by the way a society’s games revealed so much about its ethos, its philosophy, its very soul. The main character expresses what seems to be Banks’ basic premise: In the case of Player of Games’ perspective on games, I’d say the picture turned out the be pretty blurry. ![]() What, if anything, does it reveal? How sharp is the focus? Does it distort the picture? But when science fiction is used as a lens for social commentary - absolutely the case with Player of Games - it’s worth investigating what we see through that lens. Blade Runner is no less compelling because we still don’t have flying cars, much less life-like replicants walking among us. There’s nothing inherently wrong with science fiction getting it “wrong”. This is a series I’m eager to explore further.īut as a commentary on games from thirty years ago, it doesn’t have much to offer. me) who hasn’t read any of the Culture series, or even any Iain Banks, Player of Games is a real eye-opener. ![]()
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