Gaming and Time Availability

What makes a video game good? There are a lot of different things that go into making a game good, but today I’d like to focus on something that often goes unnoticed: time availability.

We often think of the best games as being those that we can sit down and play for hours on end. Such games are engaging, immersive, and often highly detailed. However, there are contexts in which those qualities can be disadvantages rather than advantages.

Consider a situation in which you’re riding a bus and...