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The Difficulty of (Games') Difficulty

Kieron Gillen has a nice meditation on difficulty and games over at the Escapist: where do you find it these days? Gillen opines that real difficulty, something "balanced expertly on the precipice between hard and unfair" (like his example of God Hand), is increasingly pushed towards the edges. As the rules of the economic game have changed, many titles are forced to balance challenge with "completability," with the balance being skewed towards easy (or 'easier): More »

1:30 PM on Sun May 11 2008
By Maggie Greene
10,160 views, 114 comments

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These Games Are Hard

Me, I like easy games. Games with LOTS of save points that I can coast through and finish and not frustrate myself in the process. As soon as it gets super duper hard, I check out. But, I'm a big pansy. Some of you are not pansies, but skilled gaming humans. Good for you. More »

1:00 AM on Fri Mar 23 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
2,500 views, 166 comments