I was responding to someone who said they don’t understand why someone would play a game if they can’t engage with it on an intellectual level as art. I brought

I was responding to someone who said they don’t understand why someone would play a game if they can’t engage with it on an intellectual level as art. I brought up Mario Kart because I spent many nights with friends playing Mario Kart and the experience was about friends, not the game as art. So I believe that some people will still play games no matter what the creative process is as long as the result is good. I’m sure there are plenty of games whose creators don’t do interviews. Of course ancillary media content is good for marketing and some fans like it but it’s not strictly necessary.