Behind the Curtain: The spirit of competitionFiled under:
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I was going to write a little about the differences between making better games, and making games better.
The more I thought about it though, the more I realised that a topic like that doesn't really have a place here at
Behind the Curtain.
You can take that statement either to mean that an intellectual, investigative piece doesn't really fit the mood of an opinion-based weekly column; or that an intellectual, investigative piece would simply be too hard. Your choice. Also, it's Christmas, I'm Scottish, so I've been drinking a lot.
Instead, I got to thinking about competition. I'm not really competitive at all, you see, so most games (computer and real-life) which involve Vs. modes or PvP hold little appeal to me.
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Publish Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 13:00:00 EST
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