Reality is complex and can only be understood by humans through modeling. All we can understand is our model of reality. Sometimes, this model breaks, and we have to fix it.
(The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses by Jesse Schell, Carnegie Mellon University, 2008. Pages 115-118)
Game Design
Game designers can understand and control how an illusion of reality is formed in his players' minds to create an experience that feels as real or more real than reality itself.
(The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses by Jesse Schell, Carnegie Mellon University, 2008. Pages 117-118)