The 4 Elements That Make a Video Game Fun

Alexandre Lores

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3 min readJan 4, 2023

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I conduct market analysis and provide insights on economics, investing, personal finance and gaming.

I believe that I have successfully boiled down the analysis of what makes a video game fun to four key elements.

For this piece, I started my research by scanning the mind of a 30-year veteran gamer whose console experience spans between the original NES to PS 4, as…

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