Games that people play, mind games.

1. GAMES

2. TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS GAME
• Have you ever said to yourself “I can’t believe this has happened to me again!” or “why does this
always happen to me?”. If so, there are high chances you have been involved in playing what’s
known in the TA world as a game. We all play games. We play them often. Eric Berne famously
said “do not ask whether you are playing a game, ask which game you are playing”. If we can spot
our games and nip them in the bud we can move towards intimacy with the people around us and
be more contented as a result. Read on to find out more about games.
• Berne observed that humans hate to be bored and will carry out one of six methods for avoiding it.
Playing games is one of those methods. Games deserve a whole post to themselves
because they are interesting, important and demand a fair bit of explanation.

3. WHAT IS A GAME?
Woollams and Brown* (1978) define games as:
“a series of duplex transactions which leads to a switch and a well-defined, predictable payoff which justifies a
not-OK, or discounted, position”.
Let’s have a look at what that actually means.
Firstly, what’s a duplex transaction?
A duplex transaction is where we say one thing and mean another. Only about 8% of our communication is
through words, the rest is through, tone, body language and facial expressions.
Berne observed that whenever we say one thing (the social message) and mean another (the psychological
massage), it’s always the psychological message that gets heard.
A classic example might be the old “do you want to came in for a coffee?” at the end of a date. The social
message is about coffee, the psychological message is about sex (unless you are Tom Hanks in Big!).
• So we tend to open games with duplex transactions, not saying what we really mean, scared that the
intimacy involved will get us rejected or hurt. Usually then, the game will proceed to deliver us some
positive strokes until the “switch” clicks in.
• The switch is the point at which things suddenly feel like they are going wrong. It’s the point at which we
may feel confused, scared, angry, or whatever our racket feeling usually is. This usually leads quickly to
us taking a “payoff”. This is a confirmation that whatever negative (untrue) thoughts we have held on to
about life are true.
• Let’s give an example of a game and take it apart using the language introduced above. Let’s take the
common game “Yes, But”. This is where one person has a problem and another person is invited to solve
it. Everything the other person suggests is rejected with a “Yes, I could do that, but..(insert reason for not
doing that)”. We all know people who play this. We may even play it ourselves.

4. WHY DO WE PLAY GAMES?
• Games are a way in which we can get strokes without risking intimacy and confirm our beliefs
(mostly wrongly held ones) about life.
How do we stop Playing games?
• The first thing we need to do is identify what games we are playing. Ask yourself what patterns
keep emerging in your life? What predictable events occur? What feelings do you often end up
having? A good TA therapist will speed up this process dramatically because we play games out of
awareness. They will be able to spot the games and bring them into the light where you can chew
them over and decide whether you want to keep on playing or you choose to do things differently,
avoiding the negative payoff along the way.
• In this article I have barely scraped the surface of this interesting and deep theory.
• Reference - Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships, the book Eric Berne
wrote just about this fascinating subject.
Source - Woollams,S and Brown, M (1978). Transactional Analysis. Huron Valley Institute Press.

5. MOVIE - RIVERDALE

6. • Riverdale is an American teen drama television series based on the characters of Archie Comics.
The series was adapted for The CW by Archie Comics' chief creative officer Roberto Aguirre-
Sacasa, and is produced by Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios, in association
with Berlanti Productions and Archie Comics. Originally conceived as a feature film adaptation for
Warner Bros. Pictures, the idea was re-imagined as a television series for Fox. In 2015,
development on the project moved to The CW, where the series was ordered for a pilot. Filming
takes place in Vancouver, British Columbia.
• The series features an ensemble cast based on the characters of Archie Comics, with KJ Apa in
the role of Archie Andrews; Lili Reinhart as Betty Cooper, Camila Mendes as Veronica Lodge, and
Cole Sprouse as Jughead Jones, the series' narrator. The cast also features Madelaine Petsch as
Cheryl Blossom, Ashleigh Murray as Josie McCoy and Casey Cott as Kevin Keller. Other
characters in the series include the parents of the main characters: Luke Perry as Fred Andrews,
Mädchen Amick as Alice Cooper, Marisol Nichols and Mark Consuelos as Hermione and Hiram
Lodge, and Skeet Ulrich as FP Jones.
• The series debuted on January 26, 2017 to positive reviews. A 22-episode second season
premiered on October 11, 2017, and is scheduled to conclude on May 16, 2018. On April 2, 2018,
The CW renewed the series for a third season.

7. CHARACTERS
• KJ Apa as Archibald "Archie" Andrews: A high school football player who has a passion for music. He is best friends with
Jughead Jones and Betty Cooper.[2]
• Lili Reinhart as Elizabeth "Betty" Cooper: A smart girl with a longtime crush on Archie, she becomes friends with Veronica
Lodge to help upend her perfect life.[3]
• Camila Mendes as Veronica Lodge: A former socialite from New York who moves to Riverdale and becomes friends with
Archie and Betty.[4]
• Cole Sprouse as Forsythe "Jughead" Jones III: A philosophically inclined social outcast who is Archie's best friend.[3]
• Marisol Nichols as Hermione Lodge: Veronica's mother, who has returned to Riverdale with her daughter following the
incarceration of her husband Hiram Lodge.[5]
• Madelaine Petsch as Cheryl Blossom: A wealthy, entitled, and manipulative girl who is a classmate of Archie and his
friends.[6]
• Ashleigh Murray as Josephine "Josie" McCoy: The lead singer of Josie and the Pussycats and a classmate of Archie and his
friends.[2]
• Mädchen Amick as Alice Cooper: Betty and Polly's mother, who is the editor of the local paper.[7]
• Luke Perry as Frederick "Fred" Andrews: Archie's father, who owns a construction company.[8]
• Mark Consuelos as Hiram Lodge: Veronica's father, who was recently incarcerated for illegal activities. Consuelos joined the
cast for the second season after his character was only mentioned by name in season one.[9]
• Casey Cott as Kevin Keller: An openly gay high school student who is friends with Archie, Betty and Veronica and is the son
of Riverdale's sheriff. Cott was promoted to series regular in the second season.[10]
• Skeet Ulrich as Forsythe "F.P." Jones II: Jughead's estranged father and the leader of the Southside Serpents, a gang of
criminals that live and operate on the fringes of Riverdale.[11][12] Ulrich was promoted to series regular in the second
season.[13]

8. VIDEO
• KINDLY WATCH VIDEO 1,2,3 IN THE FOLDER
ENCLOSED
• OR
• VIDEO 1 -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz18Loo61bs
• VIDEO -2
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11wrk2dFME8
• VIDEO 3
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pOW_5blfKw

9. SEASON – 2 : EPISODE - 16
• HIRAM LODGE , FATHER OF VERONICA LOGDE ,
PLAYS THE PSYCHOLOGICAL GAME OF
TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS IN WHICH HE
MANIPULATES THE CHARACTER - ARCHIE
ANDREWS WHO IS HIS DAUGHTER’S(VERONICA)
BOYFRIEND WITH AN INTENTION TO SPLIT HIM
FROM HIS DAUGHTER.

11. SEASON – 2 : EPISODE - 17
• ARCHI ANDREWS RESPONDED BY FORMING A
GROUP CALLED RED CIRCLE TO KILL BLACK HOOD
AND Archie's viral video results in negative
repercussions, as Principal Waldo Weatherbee demands
he disband the Red Circle. Though Archie refuses, the
Red Circle disbands regardless due to the football team
being suspended

12. ARCHIES RESPONSE.

13. REFRENCES
• Petski, Denise (January 5, 2018). "Kiernan Shipka To
Star in Netflix's Sabrina The Teenage Witch Series".
Deadline.com. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz18Loo61bs