37. A Theory of Fun for Game Design by Raph Koster
Education Bookcast
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Playing a Game Is Like Learning Patterns
When there are no patterns left to learn or it's fully chunked the game becomes boring. Naughts and Crosses is called tiktak in some parts of the English-speaking world. Children sometimes play this game, but it's not very interesting past a certain level. People can dedicate their lives to some games which have enough complexity to remain interesting. An example of that is chess.
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