[...] I don’t claim to know if OnLive’s specific tech will work or not, but I would like to talk about the implications of this potential shift to server-based games. (Even if OnLive doesn’t make it work, clearly this technology will arrive at some point.) Of course, we already have server-based games – World of Warcraft runs on numerous servers spread around the world, with appropriate bits of game info set to thin clients running on local machines. However, a client is still a tricky piece of software, and as Raph Koster like to remind us, “The client is in the hands of the enemy.” [...]

[...] this will continue to happen. It will get worse, every hour of every day, until changed/fixed. Those better than I have said it before and often… In the end, you just cannot trust the client. And if you don't know who Raph Koster is, … well, [...]

[...] I don’t claim to know if OnLive’s specific tech will work or not, but I would like to talk about the implications of this potential shift to server-based games. (Even if OnLive doesn’t make it work, clearly this technology will arrive at some point.) Of course, we already have server-based games – World of Warcraft runs on numerous servers spread around the world, with appropriate bits of game info set to thin clients running on local machines. However, a client is still a tricky piece of software, and as Raph Koster like to remind us, “The client is in the hands of the enemy.” [...]

[...] Unless there are egregiously bad security problems with the DDO protocol, hacking packets on your end should only change the way things look on your end. See my previous post “How to hack an MMO.” [...]

[...] spawn location…) into the client. as Raph Koster is fond of reminding ppl, the game client "is in the hands of the enemy": every time a dev offloads an operation onto the client, in order to save CPU cycles for AI [...]

[...] How to hack an MMO April 17th, 2008 (Visited 5387 times) Tags: cheating, everquest, hacking, laws of online world design, vw design, vw tech, WoW [...]

[...] some discussion earlier wondering why on earth I’d put all the user request parameters in the URL.http://www.raphkoster.com/2008/04/17/ho … ck-an-mmo/If you’re logged in to the game, you can basically visit any zone just by manipulating the URL. If [...]

[...] framerates, and that it won’t trigger anti-cheating tools like Punkbuster or World of Warcraft’s Warden.The product is currently in its beta test phase. You can sign up for the beta or update [...]

[...] client does something. Th� v? ?? C�c b?n c� th? tham kh?o th�ng tin chi ti?t : http://www.raphkoster.com/2008/04/17…o-hack-an-mmo/ [...]

[...] blog post by game designer Raph Koster (of Ultima Online and now Metaplace fame) will tell you how! [...]