Game : Play : Simulation

9/23/08

What I think of when i hear the word play is i think of something fun. It means something of excitement or joy, playing can be an activity that people do with each other.Play can be make believe or real depending on the age group. What i also think about the word "Play" is a game. A game is one of the first things that come to my mind when i think of the word play. When i was younger my mom would say go outside and play, and i automatically thought of something fun, like riding my bike or playing jump rope.
The word "Game" is often used when you are playing, a game is an activity that people play to sometimes challenge the brain or just for fun. Today games are really being used in classrooms to help the students learn better. By them playing a game it makes it fun for them and easier to learn the material. It also makes them want to learn if they can play a game. I know a game when i see one because its usually a board with a lot of colors on it and it looks like something fun. A game usually has weird characters on it which lets you know its a game. Their are games that don't have colors and characters on it and can just be cards with clues and riddles. That's another way i can tell if something is a game. Their are riddles and clues , by it being riddles and clues i automatically know its a game because its going to be something fun. When i was younger games like "monopoly" and "sorry" was always a board game full of colors and and pieces you would use to move around on the board. So when i saw other board games similar to that i automatically knew i was about to play a game. Their was also another game called "blurt" this game had colors and pieces but this game was more of a mind challenging game. It had questions that was read that you had to guess the first one to blurt out the answer was the winner.
Simulation is when you imagine something or make it up, its not real. For example when my sister was younger before i was born she had an imaginary friend that she would talk to as a kid. She made this person up that's what simulation means its not real its a false appearance. All three of these words are connected in some way "play", "Game", "Simulation". Play makes you think of a game and some games are characters that people made up for fun and simulation is something of false appearance. So i believe that all three of these words relate to one another.