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From 1 to n: Multiplayer Game Design (2018)
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surprisetalk
64 days ago
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What Drives Retention (2019)
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71 days ago
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Guide to Retroarch, system, emulator, core, and ROM config files (2021)
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Why NYT's Connections makes you feel bad (2023)
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84 days ago
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What old tennis players teach us (2017)
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89 days ago
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Consent Systems (2017)
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Some current game economics (2017)
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3 months ago
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Recommended Posts, 2017-2025
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3 months ago
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(Dis)Assembling Experience
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4 months ago
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Looking Back at a Pandemic Simulator
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4 months ago
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Game design is simple
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560 points
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vrnvu
5 months ago
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173 comments
Database “sharding” came from Ultima Online? (2009)
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294 points
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Rob Pardo on World of Warcraft (2006)
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tosh
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Database “sharding” came from Ultima Online?
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209 points
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Dx5IQ
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Database “sharding” came from Ultima Online? (2009)
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3 points
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yboulkaid
on Feb 7, 2023
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1 comment
Random Ultima Online anecdote #2 – Horses inside players (2014)
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205 points
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on June 23, 2022
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113 comments
The Trust Spectrum: designing multiplayer games for cooperative play (2018)
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1 point
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bryanrasmussen
on April 7, 2022
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Raph Koster: Real Talk about a Real Metaverse
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on Feb 3, 2022
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Database “sharding” came from Ultima Online? (2009)
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3 points
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yboulkaid
on Jan 20, 2022
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Online World or Metaverse?
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1 point
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Jaruzel
on Oct 31, 2021
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Theory of Fun (2003)
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3 points
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on Jan 19, 2021
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How to build the scary future today (2014)
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1 point
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pdkl95
on Oct 15, 2020
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Database “sharding” came from Ultima Online? (2009)
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168 points
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mpweiher
on June 6, 2020
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172 comments
What drives retention
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1 point
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Impossible
on Jan 31, 2019
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Database “sharding” came from UO?
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1 point
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Lammy
on Jan 25, 2019
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In Ultima Online, horses were pants and players were maps (2014)
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1 point
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tobr
on Dec 17, 2018
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Database “sharding” came from Ultima Online? (2009)
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4 points
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yboulkaid
on Sept 6, 2018
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Random UO anecdote #2
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2 points
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JoshTriplett
on April 16, 2018
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Database “sharding” came from Ultima Online? (2009)
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3 points
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bringtheaction
on Feb 9, 2018
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1 comment
The cost of games
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137 points
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napsterbr
on Jan 19, 2018
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