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Quotes on fun

Those of us who want games to be fun are fighting a losing battle against the human brain because fun is a process and routine is its destination.

– Raph Koster
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It’s just a fun game, until someone starts to win and then everyone else begins to cheat!

– Andrew James Pritchard
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You will frequently read people speaking about a game […] in very artistic terms and then somebody will ask, “But is it fun?” Well, what does it mean to be fun? Is reading Crime and Punishment fun? Is looking at the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel fun? What’s the artistic value of fun?

– zz_x_zz (Reddit user)
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I like funny games. […] Most games labor under rules that are designed to be fair. Otherwise why bother playing? Right? Here’s the problem: Fair is not funny.

– Peter Olotka
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It is one of man’s curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them.

– Joseph de Maistre
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