tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433934787021711050.post3224985992843313626..comments2023-03-24T07:33:55.927-05:00Comments on Philosophy of Games: What Makes A Game Entertaining?Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03757465237777363772noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433934787021711050.post-31625461460961265392008-09-03T10:50:00.000-05:002008-09-03T10:50:00.000-05:00"On a related note, I think a post about what turn..."On a related note, I think a post about what turns you off in RPGs would be equally interesting." <BR/><BR/>A very good suggestion. I'll likely have something up tomorrow.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03757465237777363772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433934787021711050.post-19029256362653352812008-09-03T10:09:00.000-05:002008-09-03T10:09:00.000-05:00"American Gladiators"...*shakes head*Collecting "t..."American Gladiators"...*shakes head*<BR/><BR/>Collecting "things" is entertaining to me. I'm sure this is the residue of all of the CRPGs I played prior to PnP, but it isn't about having the next I really like getting "stuff" in game. The thing is, with me, powerful item...it's not a gear ladder. Rather, I'm interested in getting interesting items.<BR/><BR/>They may be completely mundane but be intricately carved or made of an unusual material, or they may be The Ultimate Saber of Ultimate Devastation. Either way works, but acquiring items in game is fun for me.<BR/><BR/>On a related note, I think a post about what turns you off in RPGs would be equally interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433934787021711050.post-41277003915111486912008-09-03T09:47:00.000-05:002008-09-03T09:47:00.000-05:00And I would agree with you that those aren't unive...And I would agree with you that those aren't universal criteria. I didn't mention this in the post, but I doubt we could make up an objective list of what entertainment consists of. I'm entertained by American Gladiators - for non-ironic reasons - that baffles a lot of my friends minds. We can have an objective definition of "what" entertainment is, but the specific things it picks out that are entertaining will be left up to subjective experience.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03757465237777363772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433934787021711050.post-64929118002361920452008-09-03T08:11:00.000-05:002008-09-03T08:11:00.000-05:00I think you're right - I did leave out much analys...I think you're right - I did leave out much analysis that makes dungeon crawl games fun. Probably because I don't really have any experience with them <BR/><BR/>The closest that I have is I tried the Decent board game. Wasn't really my thing.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03757465237777363772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433934787021711050.post-32832656106038691342008-09-03T02:15:00.000-05:002008-09-03T02:15:00.000-05:00The first thing that came to my mind after reading...The first thing that came to my mind after reading this is that the dungeon crawl type games are by definition not entertaining. They lack a lot of what you described but I find it difficult to classify them as not fun.<BR/><BR/>People like different things at different times so I wouldn't agree with those being universal criteria for an entertaining game.Lunatykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14031074012796060062noreply@blogger.com