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34: Getting Over Spelunky with Bennett Foddy

Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games

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The Randomness of Poker, Is It for Expert Players?

I think the thing like, is a little bit misleading about the way that richard talks about and something that took me a long time to really start to understand in these games. When you talk about randomness as an ego crutch, it is for expert players. And sometimes is harder and sometimes easier. It doesn't make the game easierfor for normal non-expert players,. which is why the difficulty of a game is still so punishing and effective for other players.

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