Are games EVIL?!!
Some years ago I gave up playing games.
I occasionally backslide and start playing online chess again.
I think The Player of Games by Iain M Banks is a big part of why. It's my favourite novel in The Culture series. I've read it many times and will hopefully read it many more.
The book is on one level a quite gentle and amusing fantasy, a bit like The Hobb…
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