I love playing games. I think it’s the competitive aspect of it, the thrill of winning. I hate the agony of defeat though. It actually is more annoying when I lose to a bad player though, because they got lucky. I guess the reason I’m thinking about this is because of a game of magic I played recently where I was in the semifinals and got rolled by a terrible player because my draws were crappy and his were insane. I really do wonder why I play the game sometimes when the game doesn’t reward skill.

Flash back to that thought though. There’s this game that Upper Deck Entertainment makes called Vs. It’s a game based upon Marvel and DC characters. The game is highly skilled based, but it’s difficult for a casual player to simply pick up and learn. Thus the game petered off and didn’t pick up the casual sales needed to keep the game really going. I guess as long as you have a game where casual players feel they have a chance at winning, they’ll keep playing it.

Flash back again to the rise of Poker. Poker is extremely easy to learn yet takes a lot of skill to play. On those same lines though, you can be extremely skillful, but as long as another player has a chance of pulling the one out they have against you, they can take all your money.

Just the insane ramblings of a gamer.