I practice this skill by playing games to understand the process and reverse engineer mechanics, rather than to simply lose myself in the game. A good example of this was teaching a fast-playing chess variant called "suicide chess" to a group of friends. It was easy to iterate over games in 5-10 minutes, and it was more interesting to me to see strategies develop with new players than win.
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Date: 2012-01-06 10:30 pm (UTC)