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MUD’s Heritage to MMOs, a Short Sample

Posted on September 4, 2008 by Gwaendar

Readers who pay attention to commentators writing about MMO design or industry questions at large may be familiar with Raph Koster’s statement:

“MMOs have removed more features from MUD gameplay than they have added, when you look at the games in aggregate.” [...] Continue reading →

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Introducing the Wrath Spoiler Mark

Posted on July 23, 2008 by Gwaendar

Leafy took a clear stance on Wrath content and marked his blog Wrath spoiler free. This initiative of his got me thinking about how to position Altitis in that respect.[...] Continue reading →

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Bartle doesn’t get MMOs says Tobold, who doesn’t get Bartle

Posted on June 24, 2008 by Gwaendar

In one of these interesting meta-spats in the blogosphere, Tobold took exception to Richard Bartle’s statement in an interview to Massively that “I’ve already played Warhammer. It was called World of Warcraft.”
Tobold proceeded to write a withering post about Bartle’s bitterness and irrelevance in modern MMOs which, Tobold believes, the old curmudgeon doesn’t grasp anymore. Continue reading →

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Hats off to Vonya on Drenden US

Posted on May 20, 2008 by Gwaendar

I just read this story from Ego: Random Acts of Kindness.
It’s good to be reminded, every so often, that there are still many honourable and honest players in the game. Continue reading →

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