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Opinion: A Theory About Humor In Games
[Spry Fox’s (Triple Town) Dan Cook argues there are plenty of humorous games out there. Oh, and did you hear the one about the two hunters who were out in the woods…? (Reprinted with permission)] Much of humor comes from the unexpected, a twist, an insightful observation, a new/odd perspective. A researcher at Indiana University suggests that humor is an evolved response that helps up rectify gaps between our current mental models of the world …

