Sid Meier - Psychology of Game Design

[HiddenX]

GDC released an older talk of Sid Meier on YouTube:

Sid Meier's Psychology of Game Design

In this GDC 2010 talk, Civilization creator Sid Meier explains the importance of integrating psychology theory into game design, and how it can save studios hundreds of millions of dollars if implemented properly.

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[Zloth]

Sid isn't exactly the most awesome speaker but what he says is really interesting.

There's a good bit at 19 minutes talking about Statistics vs. Psychology.