Thursday, May 30, 2002
Funny Fun
There's been a discussion on the DeepFUN group about the relationships between Fun and Funny. A response from Stefani Marchese draws the distinction with some very clear lines.
It helped me find other words for the kinds of games I like to play, the games I call "Pointless." They're funny. They make people laugh. Some of them, like A What, are funny even though (or especially because) they make people so confused. Some, like People Pass, are funny even though (or especially because) they seem so risky or risqué. They're all challenging in a way. And in that way, they meet Csikszentmihalyi's criteria for a fun/flow experience. But they wouldn't be as fun if they weren't so darn funny.
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There's been a discussion on the DeepFUN group about the relationships between Fun and Funny. A response from Stefani Marchese draws the distinction with some very clear lines.
It helped me find other words for the kinds of games I like to play, the games I call "Pointless." They're funny. They make people laugh. Some of them, like A What, are funny even though (or especially because) they make people so confused. Some, like People Pass, are funny even though (or especially because) they seem so risky or risqué. They're all challenging in a way. And in that way, they meet Csikszentmihalyi's criteria for a fun/flow experience. But they wouldn't be as fun if they weren't so darn funny.
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