Bibliography (44):

1. https://press.etc.cmu.edu/publications/well-played/journal_series/well-played

2. ​ Perfume Reviews

3. ​ opera#the-ring-cycle

   [Transclude the forward-link's context]

4. https://www.amazon.com/s?field-isbn=1590201698

5. Transformative Experience

6. Welcome to Armageddon! A Philosophy of ‘Permadeath’ in the Multiuser Dungeon

7. Playing to Win Overview

8. How Factorio Seduced Silicon Valley—And Me; Tech Workers Cannot Resist the Cult Video Game That Asks Players to Single-Handedly Restage the Industrial Revolution

9. Losing Your Grip: Futility and Dramatic Necessity in Shadow of the Colossus

10. Why No AI Games?

11. https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Fruv7Mmk3X5EekbgB/masterpiece

12. ​ ‘Bing Sydney AI’ directory

13. Golden Gate Claude

14. Claude Fans Threw a Funeral for Anthropic’s Retired AI Model: Roughly 200 People Gathered in San Francisco on Saturday to Mourn the Loss of Claude 3 Sonnet, an Older AI Model That Anthropic Recently Killed

15. The Frequency‘s My Universe: Love on a Farm Boy’s Wages

16. What ARGs Can Teach Us About QAnon

17. Who Buried Paul?

18. Wikipedia Bibliography:

    1. Roger Ebert

       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Ebert

    2. Roger Ebert § Views on video games as an art form

       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Ebert#Views_on_video_games_as_an_art_form

    3. Yahtzee Croshaw

       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahtzee_Croshaw

    4. M.U.L.E

       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.U.L.E

    5. Tempest (video game)

       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempest_(video_game)

    6. Siliwood

       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siliwood

    7. Escape rooms

       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_rooms

    8. Immersive theater

       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immersive_theater

    9. R. Scott Bakker

    10. Journey (2012 video game)

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_(2012_video_game)

    11. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

    12. Wind, Sand and Stars

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind,_Sand_and_Stars

    13. The Little Prince

    14. Tetris effect

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris_effect

    15. The Witness (2016 video game)

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witness_(2016_video_game)

    16. Factorio

    17. The Goal (book)

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goal_(book)

    18. Opportunity cost

    19. Frank Lantz

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lantz

    20. Universal Paperclips

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Paperclips

    21. Neopets

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neopets

    22. Papers, Please

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papers,_Please

    23. Anagnorisis

    24. Dark Souls

    25. Paul is dead

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_is_dead

    26. Alternate reality game

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate_reality_game

    27. Foucault's Pendulum