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Their wordsIn my approach, I resist using any external value framework as an ultimate set of criteria against which to measure games’ worth - not purpose, not pleasure, not politics.
Their wordsI don’t think games make the world a better place, it’s actually much worse than that, I think games, like other artforms, make the world a place.
Their wordsThe world is full of gambling games that want to crawl into your limbic system and drain every last ounce of life-force from your soul.
Their wordsBut I also think that, if you really want to understand games, you should learn how to play these games. Which means learning how to stop playing them. You should learn how to disappear into them, how to let them swallow you whole, and then learn how to extract yourself, safely, on the other side.
Their wordsI think that it is difficult to see games clearly.