Fun in games While bopping around Ludology.org …

Fun in games

While bopping around Ludology.org and following some of the links in the blogroll, I came across this post and the following quote really struck me as interesting:

“Games are pleasurable because they are rule-based, because they are well-defined (and definable). It is the formal nature of games that makes them fun.”

What do you think about that?

Also, just what is ludology? I’ve noticed a lot of references to it.

Published by Kelly Boudreau

Associate Professor of Interactive Media Theory & Design at Harrisburg University. I research Digital Games, Play, Sociality, Avatars, Toxicity, and Social Norms & Boundary Keeping. Thoughts and ramblings on this site are my own as I grapple with all the things professional and personal and everything in between.

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