In brief, the data here indicate that there is no such "thing" as a
"game" existing "out there" in its own right which people merely
"observe." The "game" "exists" for a person and is experienced by him
only in so far as certain happenings have significances in terms of his
purpose. Out of all the occurrences going on in the environment, a
person selects those that have some significance for him from his own
egocentric position in the total matrix.
-- Albert Hastorf
and Hadley Cantril. "They Saw A Game: A Case Study"
The Journal of abnormal and social psychology 1954. v49 p129-134.