Tag: community
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Update…
I am way behind on posting because in late summer I started a new job and moved myself and the family to a new city. The job is interesting, challenging, and pays well, but it is 9-5ish and I am busy the whole time. Not much time for blogging. But, now I have more incentive…
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Designing Cooperation
I said I’d have more to say… So here are some ways Clan Lord pretty well forces people to cooperate: The display is looking down from above, rather than heads up, and you can’t “run through” other players and most objects, so coordinating movement during a fight or hunt becomes a priority and requires agreement.…
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Games and Community
So I’ve been playing my first MMORPG ever, and surprise, have gotten a little addicted. But this one differs from most in being designed to require cooperation; it’s very difficult to play alone, and not as much fun. The game is Clan Lord, by Delta Tao; the first ever MMORPG designed for Macs. It first…
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Arse Elektronika 2009
I gave a talk this year, along with my co-panelist Pepper Mint. It went very well and was I think pretty informative for the audience, though of course some said, oh, we all know this already. –It was about how technology and the internet have been intertwined with the emergence of a polyamorous community, which…