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From: shade@dragonshadow.com (Scott Cartier)
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Subject: Re: What is Gameplay...
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 23:55:16 GMT
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>All these answers are really what each person looks for in a 'good' or 'bad'
>game. Surely, they're not definitions of what *gameplay* is, are they?

Definitions, no.  But, they are *examples* of good/bad gameplay.

Suppose I ask someone to define the color green.  The only way they
could do so is by citing examples:  leaves on a tree, grass, etc.
(Okay, technically you could say it's light that has wavelength
between X and Y, but that wouldn't be a very pratical answer.)

I think examples are a perfectly reasonable way of conveying what
comprises gameplay.

Scott (a different one)