Nerds vs Real People
People at MIT are very clever which is why write down stuff like this which the rest of us know to be true but hadn’t thought to develop particularly. All people have a “tact filter”, which applies...
View ArticleThe Request Post.
Hokay. So I’ve been a little busy recently and hence haven’t updated as often as I would have liked. No matter. In my last post I asked what people would like me to write about and one of my Devoted...
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Why Fantasy?
Shamelessly nicked from loads of people. Richard Bartle asked the denizens of Terra Nova why fantasy games are disproportionately represented amongst MMOs. First let’s have a picture: That’s a lot...
View ArticlePvP MMO Design Redux
I recently got a bit of a surge in viewer numbers here and, checking the stats, it seems that quite a few people are coming from this WoW forums thread to visit a link post I made regarding PvP MMO...
View ArticleGaming survey
A few weeks ago I ran a small survey of people’s information gathering habits about games. It wasn’t very scientific in nature and I was pretty sure I wouldn’t get enough responses for the sample size...
View ArticleMassively Solo Gaming
So we have these games and they’re called MMOs and the first two Ms stand for Massively Multiplayer. This is cool because it means that we can play a game with thousands of other people simultaneously...
View ArticleHow Much is a Community
Jeremy Dalberg posted recently on the subject of supermassive communities. Actually the post is mostly about the relative benefits of official vs unofficial forums but that’s been done the science is...
View ArticleControl
It’s been a while since I last posted and mostly that’s been due to real life stuff. I’m really having a great time in my new job and I have an awesome new apartment in a truly beautiful part of the...
View ArticleKillerspiele
Recently in Germany the perennial topic of ‘killerspiele’ (violent video games) has been reopened. This time the trigger event was the Winnenden shootings where a troubled teenager went on a rampage at...
View ArticleEveryone’s a Critic
Or at least I wish they were. Today’s rumblings are inspired by a post made by Gav Thorpe on his blog about criticism. He’s specifically talking about criticism of his work as a writer and how he...
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