To all you modders out there!

[Kreekakon]

Haha, well, honestly, for anyone not making arcade games his advice of "forgetting about fun in video games" is pretty solid, though for the wrong reasons. I've always thought the developer goal of "how do I make this game fun?" should be replaced with "how do I make this game engaging?".

Frictional seems to understand this more than any other company. When in the proper mindset, Amnesia is terrifying. If I'm terrified, I'm extremely engaged, but I'd hesitate to call the experience "fun".

I agree very much with this statement, although I personally prefer to use the word "entertaining" instead of "engaging" in my version of the theory.