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Completely agree with Tarn. I would go further, and describe certain types of games as evil. Social games, in particular, I believe have evil game design.

Here's an interview with the somewhat controversial but always interesting game designer Jonathan Blow: http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/02/15/jonathan-blow-interview-so...

In the second half, he talks about social game design. I'm very much with him on this.

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Hostile, thank you for posting this, Do you think that any other designers are like him?

I'm an indie game designer, and I find this is by no means an uncommon view among game designers.

It's a view I've often come across on indie game-related blogs.

Companies like Zynga help push the issue to the fore-front: They get continuous real time data about how changes in their games effect player behavior, and try to use that to maximize the addictive factor.

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