Traits, stories, and holy grails
Mirjam Eladhari has an interesting talk up on her blog that considers what she calls “the Holy Grail” for MMORPGs: making stories meaningful for thousands of players.
Month: January 2006
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New Daedalus Project Data
As is my habit, I’ve pulled out the statistical results that were most interesting to me. You can read the whole issue here.
- for every single woman in an MMO, there are 10 single men.
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Treating players like numbers
There’s been a lot of heavy, arguably negative stuff here lately. So I thought it might be interesting to talk a little bit about possibilities instead.
In general, I’m a big proponent of treating players like people. The reverse is what game companies are often accused of, of course: treating players like numbers. Dehumanizing them. Viewing them through a purely statistical lens. All very mechanical.
But wait… what can be done if we really treat players like cogs in a machine?
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The Daedalus Project: Yi-Shan-Guan
The Daedalus Project: Yi-Shan-Guan connects to “The Evil We Pretend to Do” in uncomfortable ways. Discuss.
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Game design book stuff
I just got my contributor’s copy of The Game Design Reader : A Rules of Play Anthology, by Eric Zimmerman and Katie Salen; I also just got Game Development Essentials : An Introduction.