Roger Caillois "Man Play and Games" Classificaitons

Caillois provides strict and distinct categories of games which he describes 4 distinct game categories.

• Agon, or competition. E.g. Chess
• Alea, or chance. E.g. Playing a slot machine
• Mimicry, or mimesis, or role playing. E.g. Playing a MMORPG
• Ilinx (Greek for "whirlpool"), or vertigo, in the sense of altering perception. E.g. taking hallucinogens, riding roller coasters, children spinning until they fall down

Final Fantast IX fits into agon category due to constant battles, chance due to alea encounters and luck based combat and ilinx due to constant uncertainty throughout plot.

Skyrim is in the agon category due to the constant DRAGON ATTACKS. It also fits into the mimicry category as it can be played in first person.

Borderlands fits perfectly into the agon category as there is always insane conflict taking place.

Minesweeper fits into the chance category because one's never quite sure of how accurate ones bombs will be. It also fits into the ilinx category for this same reason.

RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 fits into the mimicry category, as what it is trying to do is replicate life, mimic it.

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Caillois#Caillois.27_key_ideas_on_play)