A game is an interaction between 2 or more parties, each with a set of desired outcomes and strategies, and each aware of their participation in the game.
There are obvious examples of games....for example...games. In singles tennis, there are 2 participants, each with a desired outcome (to win enough points, to win games, to win sets, to win the match), and they are both aware of the outcome. http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=3250650
Politics has also been described as a game. This year, in the race for the Democratic nomination for president, there are 2 remaining participants (Obama/Clinton), they both have the desired outcome of winning the nomination, and, they are both aware that they are participating. And, each is using strategies to achieve this outcome, such as with Obama's visit to North Carolina to meet with John Edwards to try to get his support. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080217/ap_on_el_pr/obama_edwards
War is also a game. The war in Iraq is a game. There are a miriad of participants (President Bush, Congress, anti-war factions, the U.S. Military, terrorist groups, the people of Iraq, other countries, Iran, and on and on and on). The desired outcomes are fuzzy, but each party has theirs. There are no rules to this game that all participants adhere to. The topic of "waterboarding" is a meta-game that is defining one of the rules for the overall game. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080214/wl_afp/usbushcongressintelligenceveto_080214213137
These are all examples of games.
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