Spam Spam Spam Humbug 106 - Abstraction

Linguistic Dragon and WtF Dragon
discuss abstraction, and its importance to game design and the RPG
experience. Because there is quite a gulf of difference between the
actual, raw, terrifying experience of being lost in a hostile
wilderness and finding one's way through it, and the rather more
pleasant and fun-filled experience of navigating one's way through
a game's open world whilst having to occasionally deal with the
intrusion of a hunger mechanic.

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