&quot;Complexity can be the result of elegant design&quot;  LOL its always the opposite.  More detail below:<p>The second to last paragraph is a direct analogy with programming where outsiders think the best programmer is the one generating infinitely complex code, but for people actually in the field the criteria is the reverse and the best programmer solves the problem with the least complex code.  Of course this is somewhat political and some lisp-ish functional-ish languages are more aerospace &quot;simplicate and add lightness&quot; than other more grindy languages (java, cobol, whats the difference...)<p>A gaming insider&#x27;s view of the last paragraph is the lead story in the latest &quot;C3I Magazine&quot; is by the COIN series designer explaining the virtue, measurement, and minimization of complexity as a series of games develop.  On a slightly tangential topic, C3I Magazine has an interesting although probably unscalable solution to the magazine industry crisis.