Nice polemic piece. Only goes to show that people don't know what huge variety of game experiences there are out there. And also, we need to move away from the

Nice polemic piece. Only goes to show that people don't know what huge variety of game experiences there are out there. And also, we need to move away from the idea that some games or genres are objectively better or more interesting than others. It's all relative to the audience - some people have a stronger reaction to some experiences than to others, and will seek out different things. Nick Yee has been doing excellent, data driven research on the interaction between player preferences, game types, and personality types - there's some intro material from his gdc talk on their web site: http://quanticfoundry.com/gdc/ http://quanticfoundry.com/gdc/