Then again, maybe some Duel Monsters I know of would say it is, but they're idiots and therefore wrong. [wow okay Manjoume] They're summoned via cards and duel against one another until you run out of cards or life points--not actually betting one's life, mind you, that's just what they're called--and then the game ends.
[Another pause]
...Unless you're up against a psycho who takes the game so seriously that they turn it into an actual life or death match, then those life points does end up becoming literal, I guess.
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[But then, he pauses with a frown.]
Then again, maybe some Duel Monsters I know of would say it is, but they're idiots and therefore wrong. [wow okay Manjoume] They're summoned via cards and duel against one another until you run out of cards or life points--not actually betting one's life, mind you, that's just what they're called--and then the game ends.
[Another pause]
...Unless you're up against a psycho who takes the game so seriously that they turn it into an actual life or death match, then those life points does end up becoming literal, I guess.