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#260: The Game Must Flow

So Very Wrong About Games

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The False Dichotomy of Optimal Play

In someone's home when you're there to play a game, I really feel everyone there is there to win. David Serlin has made a career being quite frankly a bit of a jerk about what it is to play to win. When I say play to win, I don't mean it the same way that say David Serlin would mean it. The person who paralyzes the game state doesn't have to be put in the same bucket as Michael Walker undoing a turn after the reaction.

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