Scrabble is an indescribably pleasurable game, and those who play Scrabblish variations feel the same way about their versions, too.
Let food be part of a pleasurable, albeit possible stressful, game-watching experience.
The stakes were low, with nothing to lose except the dubious right to boast "We're No. 3," but a pleasurable tension built as the game shaped its own fine spectacle, thanks to the evenness of the sides and the brio and daring of the players, who (it seemed to me) started out sullen and ended up surprising themselves by playing for the sheer joy of it.
Playing at the same time as many other people offered a pleasurable social aspect, for example, and clever game designers also began to incorporate sporadic rewards to entice gamers to engage in excessive play, much like gambling.
Surely it is the tactile, sensory, game-play elements that make it a pleasurable experience, I thought.
Super Mario Bros remains the exemplar of perfect "game feel", the elusive quality that makes using the controller a pleasurable experience.
'We've got just one more game in the Worthington Cup, a final which is always a pleasurable experience no matter which way you look at it.
An old games console, like a favourite band or movie, is a pleasurable way to revisit and capture some of the fun and spirit of youth.
On top of this, the game is based around very tight systems of reinforcement, the idea that behaviours can be encouraged if a pleasurable stimulus is provided.
In fact, a pleasurable realisation awaited me.
