I've always kind of wondered how much the guys who designed these games, and the guys who did the art, really enjoyed actually playing the games. I would guess the designers would be much more inclined to play. After all, a lot of them would show up at the shows. But for the artists, it could be that it was just a job that they did. It might have gotten that way for the designers, too. When you think about how many games they cranked out back in the day, well, you could see them getting a bit blase about the playing side of it.