Hailey and Jase set off on the ambitious quest of answering the question "what is a game?", but with a focus on what this means for ways of working. Our amble takes us through a wide range of terminology. We explore the differences (or lack thereof) between games, workshop activities, and rituals. We also discuss the distinction between "gameful design" and "gamification", and lean into some thorny ethical issues around using games for behaviour change. Overall, we discover that gameful elements are at play in many aspects of our lives, and that games are a useful lens through which to understand our world.

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