The Paradox of Perfect Difficulty

Can we design a game that's perfectly difficult for everyone?

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0:00 The Paradox of Perfect Difficulty
1:27 Why Difficulty Matters
6:17 Difficulty Options Kinda Suck
14:51 Dynamic Difficulty (Kinda) Simplifies Things
20:36 Accessibility
26:52 The Dilemma of Perfect Difficulty
34:06 My Perfect Difficulty

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Why Perfect Difficulty Is Impossible -    • Why Perfect Difficulty Is Impossible  
Totally Blind Gamer Plays The Last of Us Part 1 -    • Totally Blind Gamer Plays The Last of...  
What I Learned About Accessibility and Difficulty in Games -    • What I Learned About Accessibility an...  
The Last of Us: Part 1 PS5 Remake Accessibility Review -    • The Last of Us: Part 1 PS5 Remake Acc...  

Miyazaki interview - https://blog.playstation.com/2022/01/...
DUSKdev tweet - https://twitter.com/DUSKdev/status/12...

Atari Basketball manual - https://atariage.com/manual_thumbs.ph...

Uncharted difficulty - https://uncharted.fandom.com/wiki/Dif...
Kingdom Hearts difficulty - https://kingdomhearts.fandom.com/wiki...
Ghost of Tsushima difficulty - https://ghostoftsushima.fandom.com/wi...
DmC difficulty - https://devilmaycry.fandom.com/wiki/D...
Shadow of the Tomb Raider difficulty - https://tombraider.fandom.com/wiki/Di...
Resident Evil 4 difficulty - https://residentevil.fandom.com/wiki/...
Left 4 Dead AI Director - https://left4dead.fandom.com/wiki/The...
DUSK Accessible mode - https://dusk.fandom.com/wiki/Difficulty
Hades God Mode - https://hades.fandom.com/wiki/God_Mode