Players tend to either skip the story or skip the game. Balancing the two so that they reinforce each other is hard, and often either the story or the game ends up too shallow for repeated play.
Quotes by Raph Koster
Players and designers often make the distinction between “cheating” and “exploiting a loophole.” They always struggle to define this, but it boils down to whether or not the extraneous action is one that resides within the magic circle.
This argues pretty strongly that if people are to achieve their maximum potential, they need to do the hard work of playing the games they don’t get, the games that don’t appeal to their natures.
Fun is about learning in a context where there is no pressure from consequence, and that is why games matter.