A weakness of many of the self-oriented play theories is that they often sound too much like vain consumerism instead of being about the more passionate and willful character of human play, which involves a willingness, even if a fantasy, to believe in the play venture itself.

Adults spend $500 billion on games and leisure activity each year, and some adults lament that kids get $15 billion for toys.

For decades, there has been this assumption that children played and adults didn't. That's rubbish.

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