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Comment In: The MMO with a Thousand Faces [Blog - 04/19/2011 - 05:13]
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Actually, I prefer the model ... Actually, I prefer the model for NPCs in Ultima Online. They were shopkeepers or guards in cities, wandering healers outside of cities, and not much else. You didn't play the game to interact with the NPCs, you played it to interact with other players, which is why once you figured ... |
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Comment In: Stop Debating "Games as Art" [Blog - 04/04/2011 - 08:54]
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Oh, and there's nothing that ... Oh, and there's nothing that convinces people that you have the better side of the argument than pleading, can we please, Please, PLEASE immediately cease discussion of this topic. Yeah, there's someone who has complete confidence in his convictions... |
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Comment In: Standing out in a crowd: The factors behind unique game systems in RPGs. [Blog - 03/28/2011 - 01:10]
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Example. The design. Function add ... Example. The design. Function add shall take two signed integer inputs, perform an arithmetic addition, and return the signed integer value of that addition. The code. int add int x, int y int results results x - y return results So, did function add misunderstand the design Did function add ... |
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Comment In: WOW KILLER?! Urban Legend or Possible [Blog - 03/30/2011 - 10:58]
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I don't see that WoW ... I don't see that WoW needs to be killed, because it serves it's target audience very well. Games like EvE won't kill WoW, because they are serving a smaller niche audience. People who like EvE don't like WoW, and people who like WoW typically don't like EvE, so they don't ... |
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Comment In: Adding Depth to Defend [Blog - 03/14/2011 - 08:02]
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Defend is just that, a ... Defend is just that, a defensive maneuver. It isn't supposed to be a shiny OMFGLOLBBQ move. If you are talking multi-player games, or even single player games that feature henchmen, such as Dragon Age, if you are tanking a mob and taking less damage than you would otherwise, then you ... |
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Comment In: Games as art...we're asking the wrong question! [Blog - 03/15/2011 - 05:48]
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I can go to any ... I can go to any flea market or sidewalk 'art' exhibit, or even to gallerys in Park City here in Utah which are not much more than high priced flea markets and find dozens of equivalent mass produced pictures, in oil, on canvas, but none of them can compare to ... |
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