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泥中蟠龍's Game愛歌 [A love song for games of the dragon waiting for an opportunity] Content and System

泥中蟠龍 's Game 愛歌 [A love song for games of the dragon waiting for an opportunity]   Content and System   “Video game is content."   The reason why I started with the topic is that so-called game experts have considered a video game as a system for some time. Frankly speaking, I was not much different from them.   If someone asks me about the differences between the content and system, many parts of them would not be explained exactly. But one clear difference between the two is that both have causation. A video game offers a variety of experiences for users based on creativity which is the characteristic of the game as the content. On the other hand, the system presents specific experiences based on algorism where there are a set of rules specifying how to solve some problems. This difference can be explained by the clarity of input and output. Moviegoers who watch the same movie probably don't feel the same way and they can h...