I personally like the way he says
struggle instead of something like challenge. Surely it is the challenge of a
game that keeps us playing, at least that's why I keep playing. I Can
understand why would you play a game just for fun, but surely there is some
kind of challenge within. Me personally, I like the challenge.
We all
start out wanting to play/complete or be the best at a game. But the struggle
must be the journey the player takes. Its like a cheesy movie where a group of
friends set out to go somewhere, but then when they get there (although it
could be amazing) realise that the journey means more to them. I remember
completing Mass Effect 3 and the bad comments the ending received about how it
should of been better, but i didn't care about how 'bad' it was. I remembered
what an awesome time I had had playing the game, I remembered how the struggle
of the game made me feel. It wasn't about the objectives, although I was trying
to complete them, it was about how I was completing them.
When he
says they are endogenous I agree with him. He says that "games are fantasy"
which I also agree with. If I went around saying I was the king in some game,
people that don't play the game (or are not in that fantasy), won't care and
would probably think I was crazy. But someone in the fantasy would treat me as
royalty. To me this is the true understanding of a game.
