antigame

Noun

antigame (plural antigames)

1. A game which cannot be played in the conventional sense.
   • Clearly, antigames such as Progress Quest and Achievement Unlocked don't appeal to players through high levels of playability. On the contrary: they are played by parodically minded users who don't mind sacrificing their usual gaming experience for various degrees of humorous self-reflexivity and...2014, Astrid Ensslin, Literary Gaming, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 92
   • Just like in Arcangel's work, we are confronted with an antigame: all the interactivity and stress in the game are removed, and we experience a calm and meditative atmosphere.2014, Mathias Jansson, Everything I Shoot Is Art, Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN
2. A strategy in which a player refuses to participate in a game or replaces it with a game with different rules.
   • The principle is the same as in kicking the provocative boxer or using strategic weapons in response to a tactical nuclear challenge. A strategy designed for refusing to play a game might be called an antigame strategy.1962, Klaus Eugen Knorr, Limited strategic war
   • When capacity to respond to any aggression at a corresponding level of violence does not exist, the strategy of antigame is recommended.1966, Y. Harkabi, Nuclear War and Nuclear Peace, Transaction Publishers, →ISBN, page 105