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The Forever Games (Ep. 4)

Gamecraft

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Play Patterns in Video Games

Video games have a distorted view of how long they can last if well designed. Most dominant play patterns in human history have ludicrously long lifespans. Backgammon may be even older than an Egyptian Cribbage game and it's still being played pretty much the same way today that it's been played historically.

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