My good friend Sean sent over a link which I thought was very interesting and relevant.  I’ve been trying to get my girlfriend to admit she is a gamer, as she frequently steals my DS away from me, but she only plays certain titles because complexity and difficulty, and lack of rewards.  I’m wondering if Prince of Persia would get her hooked.

I agree with the concept of making games playable by everyone where possible.  In my eyes there should be tutorials for non-gamers and tutorials for gamers.  Designing a game so the difficulty ratings cater to non-gamer, gamer, and hardcore instead of easy, normal, and hard would open up titles to a wider market.  If there was a non-gamer setting for COD4 I’m pretty sure my Dad would give it a go and enjoy it.