A short commentary on games design

by kapowaz, Tuesday, April 30, 2013, 15:22 (4224 days ago) @ Oz Mills

Nicely put, and an excellent explanation of how this all works. More stuff like this please Ross!

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Why rewards always devalue the game experience - Cody Miller, 2013-04-19, 16:13
- Why rewards always devalue the game experience - ZackDark, 2013-04-19, 17:00
  - Why rewards always devalue the game experience - Cody Miller, 2013-04-20, 11:26
    - Why rewards always devalue the game experience - SonofMacPhisto, 2013-04-20, 12:01
      - Why rewards always devalue the game experience - stabbim, 2013-04-23, 09:09
- Why rewards always devalue the game experience - RaichuKFM, 2013-04-19, 17:00
- Why rewards always devalue the game experience - Ragashingo, 2013-04-19, 17:42
  - Why rewards always devalue the game experience - Cody Miller, 2013-04-19, 17:49
    - Why rewards always devalue the game experience - Malagate, 2013-04-19, 18:13
- Why rewards always devalue the game experience - Xenos, 2013-04-19, 18:53
- "Only a Miller deals in absolutes." -Oobedoob Benubi - Leviathan, 2013-04-19, 20:18
  - Worst thought out line ever in a movie - ZackDark, 2013-04-19, 20:21
    - Worst thought out [...] movie. - Leviathan, 2013-04-19, 21:47
      - Battles were pretty sweet, though - ZackDark, 2013-04-19, 22:04
        
        Contradicts "Do or Do Not, There is No Try" - RaichuKFM, 2013-04-20, 07:03
        
        And "From my point of view, the Jedi are evil!" - Quirel, 2013-04-20, 22:50
        
        I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough. It gets everywhere - Cody Miller, 2013-04-21, 13:06
        
        You don’t want to sell me death sticks. - Xenos, 2013-04-21, 14:37
        
        "I thought they smelled bad on the outside." - ZackDark, 2013-04-21, 16:20
        
        WRONG TRILOGY! How dare you... - Leviathan, 2013-04-21, 19:14
        
        WRONG TRILOGY! How dare you... - ZackDark, 2013-04-21, 21:58
        
        This thread is getting heavy, Doc. - SonofMacPhisto, 2013-04-22, 08:24
        
        Is that a quote from VII? - Xenos, 2013-04-22, 08:52
        
        We've been here before, - Chewbaccawakka, 2013-04-22, 10:02
        
        It is a strange fate... - Mr Daax, 2013-04-22, 22:26
        
        That is the sound of inevitability... - thebruce, 2013-04-24, 06:48
        
        Is that a quote from VII? - Cody Miller, 2013-04-22, 10:45
        
        Not just the men, but the WOMEN, and the CHILDREN too! - Cold, 2013-04-22, 11:48
        
        Now THIS is Pod Racing! - Cody Miller, 2013-04-22, 14:08
        
        It's working! It's workiiiiiiiing! - ZackDark, 2013-04-22, 14:09
        
        Holy Nostalgia - katancik, 2013-04-22, 20:47
        
        Yippeee! - Quirel, 2013-04-22, 20:54
- Why rewards always devalue the game experience - Kalamari, 2013-04-20, 09:24
- Why rewards always devalue the game experience - SonofMacPhisto, 2013-04-20, 10:58
- yes - Decom, 2013-04-20, 14:44
- Why rewards always devalue the game experience - Jillybean, 2013-04-21, 05:49
  - Why rewards always devalue the game experience - ZackDark, 2013-04-21, 08:46
    - Why rewards always devalue the game experience - Jillybean, 2013-04-21, 09:09
      - Why rewards always devalue the game experience - ZackDark, 2013-04-21, 09:28
      - Why rewards always devalue the game experience - John Hopson, 2013-04-22, 07:27
  - Why rewards always devalue the game experience - Cody Miller, 2013-04-21, 09:09
    - Why rewards always devalue the game experience - Jillybean, 2013-04-21, 09:11
      - Why rewards always devalue the game experience - Cody Miller, 2013-04-21, 09:32
        
        Why rewards always devalue the game experience - Jillybean, 2013-04-21, 09:38
        
        Why rewards always devalue the game experience - General Vagueness, 2013-05-09, 12:51
        
        Why rewards always devalue the game experience - Ragashingo, 2013-05-09, 13:13
        
        Why rewards always devalue the game experience - RaichuKFM, 2013-04-21, 09:50
        
        Why rewards always devalue the game experience - Xenos, 2013-04-21, 12:34
        
        Why rewards always devalue the game experience - SonofMacPhisto, 2013-04-21, 13:39
        
        Why rewards always devalue the game experience - thebruce, 2013-04-24, 07:00
        
        Why rewards always devalue the game experience - Xenos, 2013-04-24, 07:40
        
        Why rewards always devalue the game experience - thebruce, 2013-04-24, 08:01
        
        Why rewards always devalue the game experience - Xenos, 2013-04-24, 08:11
        
        Why rewards always devalue the game experience - Claude Errera, 2013-05-09, 13:21
  - Why rewards always devalue the game experience - kapowaz, 2013-04-22, 09:14
    - The problem is... - breitzen, 2013-04-22, 10:23
      - The problem is... - kapowaz, 2013-04-23, 01:43
        
        The problem is... - breitzen, 2013-04-23, 08:27
        
        The problem is... - Xenos, 2013-04-23, 10:04
        
        The problem is... - breitzen, 2013-04-23, 10:37
        
        Glad we agree :) - Xenos, 2013-04-23, 10:44
        
        Whoo!!!! - breitzen, 2013-04-23, 10:52
    - Why rewards always devalue the game experience - Cody Miller, 2013-04-22, 10:44
      - Why rewards always devalue the game experience - Jillybean, 2013-04-22, 11:57
        
        Great Explanation! - breitzen, 2013-04-22, 12:35
        
        Why rewards always devalue the game experience - uberfoop, 2013-04-22, 23:31
        
        Why rewards always devalue the game experience - thebruce, 2013-04-24, 07:19
        
        Why rewards always devalue the game experience - Jillybean, 2013-04-24, 08:00
        
        Why reward-motivated gaming can devalue the game experience - thebruce, 2013-04-24, 08:02
    - Why rewards always devalue the game experience - Cold, 2013-04-22, 12:04
      - Why rewards always devalue the game experience - RaichuKFM, 2013-04-22, 12:26
        
        Multitude of Difficulty Levels - Cold, 2013-04-23, 08:07
        
        Multitude of Difficulty Levels - thebruce, 2013-04-24, 07:30
        
        Difficulty Levels 1-7 - Cold, 2013-04-24, 09:04
        
        Difficulty Levels 1-7 - Cody Miller, 2013-04-24, 10:30
        
        Difficulty Levels 1-7 - Xenos, 2013-04-24, 11:11
        
        Difficulty Levels 1-7 - Cold, 2013-04-24, 12:47
        
        Difficulty Levels 1-7 - Cody Miller, 2013-04-24, 13:04
        
        Difficulty Levels 1-7 - Cold, 2013-04-24, 13:18
        
        Difficulty Levels 1-7 - Cold, 2013-04-24, 12:44
        
        Difficulty Levels 1-7 - Cody Miller, 2013-04-24, 13:00
        
        That is the very point... - Cold, 2013-04-24, 13:07
        
        That is the very point... - Cody Miller, 2013-04-24, 13:11
        
        That is the very point... - Cold, 2013-04-24, 13:22
- This is one of my problems with playing online. - Mercury, 2013-04-22, 14:39
  - Spot on. - thebruce, 2013-04-24, 07:32
- Why rewards always devalue the game experience - stabbim, 2013-04-23, 09:02
- Once again, Mr. Miller has it backwards - electricpirate, 2013-04-23, 10:16
  - Once again, Mr. Miller has it backwards - Cody Miller, 2013-04-23, 10:31
    - Once again, Mr. Miller has it backwards - electricpirate, 2013-04-23, 11:23
      - Once again, Mr. Miller has it backwards - Cody Miller, 2013-04-23, 11:40
        
        Once again, Mr. Miller has it backwards - RaichuKFM, 2013-04-23, 12:11
        
        Once again, Mr. Miller has it backwards - electricpirate, 2013-04-23, 12:16
        
        Once again, Mr. Miller has it backwards - Kermit, 2013-04-23, 12:25
        
        Once again, Mr. Miller has it backwards - SonofMacPhisto, 2013-04-23, 14:51
        
        Once again, Mr. Miller has it backwards - Kermit, 2013-04-23, 16:26
        
        Once again, Mr. Miller has it backwards - thebruce, 2013-04-24, 07:47
        
        Once again, Mr. Miller has it backwards - stabbim, 2013-04-24, 09:35
        
        Once again, Mr. Miller has it backwards - Cody Miller, 2013-04-24, 10:18
        
        Once again, Mr. Miller has it backwards - Xenos, 2013-04-24, 10:26
        
        Once again, Mr. Miller has it backwards - stabbim, 2013-04-24, 15:22
      - Once again, Mr. Miller has it backwards - Cody Miller, 2013-04-28, 21:48
        
        Once again, Mr. Miller has it backwards - RaichuKFM, 2013-04-29, 03:58
        
        Once again, Mr. Miller has it backwards - thebruce, 2013-04-29, 06:42
        
        Once again, Mr. Miller has it backwards - Kermit, 2013-04-29, 08:36
        
        Swings and round-a-bouts, Mr. Miller - RC, 2013-04-29, 11:03
        
        Swings and round-a-bouts, Mr. Miller - Cody Miller, 2013-04-29, 11:39
        
        Once again, Mr. Miller has it backwards - electricpirate, 2013-05-03, 07:34
        
        Once again, Mr. Miller has it backwards - General Vagueness, 2013-05-09, 16:27
- Kinda OT but . . . - Jillybean, 2013-04-24, 08:05
  - Nope, you're the devil! *NM* - Xenos, 2013-04-24, 08:14
  - Kinda OT but . . . - SonofMacPhisto, 2013-04-24, 14:18
  - Kinda OT but . . . - Flynn J Taggart, 2013-04-24, 17:04
    - Kinda OT but . . . - Cody Miller, 2013-04-24, 19:26
- Not much to add to the current conversation, but... - Mr Daax, 2013-04-24, 16:01
  - +1. Always thought so too. - ZackDark, 2013-04-24, 17:12
  - Dude's a genuine 21st century Socrates - Stephen Laughlin, 2013-04-28, 20:19
- A short commentary on games design - Oz Mills, 2013-04-30, 08:15
  - A short commentary on games design - kapowaz, 2013-04-30, 15:22
    - A short commentary on games design - Oz Mills, 2013-05-01, 02:29
- SO WHO WON? - Cody Miller, 2013-04-30, 19:29
  - I wasn't aware we needed a winner. *NM* - Oz Mills, 2013-05-01, 01:42
  - EVERYBODY. - RaichuKFM, 2013-05-01, 03:48
    - EVERYBODY. - ZackDark, 2013-05-01, 08:39
  - Jury's still out - thebruce, 2013-05-01, 07:55
    - Jury's still out - Oz Mills, 2013-05-01, 08:18
  - Ahah oops! - Cody Miller, 2013-05-01, 15:23
    - Heh, they just had. =P - ZackDark, 2013-05-01, 20:38

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