Examination Of Ordinary Player Experience-Tyack

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flow, maximizing enjoyment, and emotional challenge are all interesting to study, but what about the ordinary player experience

need density hypothesis

discusses the beauty of the banal

ordinariness does not mean boredom, in fact being bored in a game is an unfortunate and extraordinary feeling.

• moderate emotion
• co-attentive play
• abstractly memorable events

Ordinary PX and extraordinary PX work in tandem, ordinary PX makes extraordinary PX that much more memorable. - balance types of experience

Ordinary PX can be comforting and important for wellbeing.