Games
Why Soulslike Games Are So Popular Despite Being Hard
On paper, soulslike games should not be popular. They are brutally hard, they punish mistakes without mercy, and they refuse to...
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Streaks, quests, leaderboards and practice in video games, and what they reveal about motivation.
Games
On paper, soulslike games should not be popular. They are brutally hard, they punish mistakes without mercy, and they refuse to...
Games
The streak is one of the simplest ideas in game design and one of the most effective.
Games
Online games are, underneath the graphics, machines for turning small repeated actions into visible progress.
Games
Games are built on a simple, powerful trick: there is always a next small goal, reachable and clear, pulling the player...
Games
The hardest part of any goal is not the grand effort but the simple act of showing up every day, and games are unmatched at...
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Two players in my old university gaming club each played about 1,000 hours of the same competitive online game over two years.