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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 9680201" data-attributes="member: 6790260">And this, right here, is one of the things I find extremely frustrating about discussing game design.Note your comparison: literature. As in, you treat this as a purely creative enterprise, something that can only be critiqued in a very limited way and where analysis is (functionally) &quot;whatever you think is true&quot;.This completely and totally ignores the technical element of game design. There's a reason I make comparisons to things like baking, or things like automotive design. A car's design has huge influence from aesthetics and subjective value--as anyone that loves cars could tell you, and as anyone who has specific needs for what their car does. But if you design an engine that is fundamentally tearing itself apart under normal operation, that should be worthy of criticism.Instead, it is held up as the pinnacle of awesome design, because apparently expecting every driver to also be a mechanic is a good thing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 9680201, member: 6790260"] And this, right here, is one of the things I find extremely frustrating about discussing game design. Note your comparison: [I]literature[/I]. As in, you treat this as a purely creative enterprise, something that can only be critiqued in a very limited way and where analysis is (functionally) "whatever you think is true". This completely and totally ignores the [I]technical[/I] element of game design. There's a reason I make comparisons to things like baking, or things like automotive design. A car's design has [I]huge[/I] influence from aesthetics and subjective value--as anyone that loves cars could tell you, and as anyone who has specific needs for what their car does. But if you design an engine that is fundamentally tearing itself apart under normal operation, [I]that should be worthy of criticism[/I]. Instead, it is held up as the pinnacle of awesome design, because apparently expecting every driver to also be a mechanic is a good thing. [/QUOTE]

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