quote:Original post by Paul Cunningham
{quote}Original post by yy2bggggs
Game Theory has little to do with any "science of fun". Game Theory is simply about looking at problem solving when a critical new element is introduced in the problem domain--another problem solver.
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I was talking about game theory as in economic theory and the way people hope that it could be used for predicting outcomes. In principle its very similar to turning game design into a science that being understanding scientifically every aspect of game design hence isolating the fun element as that is part of game design.
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- Why are so many people scared of others expressing their opinions??? 
Last I heard, game theory didn''t care at all why people played the game - it just assumed that they played to win. In any case, Game Theory concerns itself with actions not motivations, so a mature game theory may be able to tell you what a player will do at a certain point in the game, but it won''t tell you whether he''ll get bored and stop playing - you need something like psychology for that
