The Importance of Game Duration in Rogue

Brian: One of the reasons Rogue can remain fun with such a punishing difficulty curve is its shortness. No game will last more than an hour or so at the most dying is a temporary setback. Doug: I was curious how long your runs take when you kind of maybe get all the way to level 26 but in general how you reconcile that with some of your original thoughts on game duration? Brian: Yeah it kind of got away from me to be honest I still think probably an hour is is better than two to three hours, which is what a successful game in brogue takes.