The distinctions between toys and games, or between play and sport, start to seem a bit picky and irrelevant when you look at them in this light. There’s been a lot of hay made over how play is non-goal-oriented and games tend to have goals; over how toys are aimed at pointless play rather than being games; about how make-believe is a form of play and not a game. A game designer might find those distinctions useful because they provide helpful guideposts.
