Limited U.S. Release For Electroplankton
Gamasutra says that Electroplankton will indeed come to the U.S. next year. What about Daigasso?
Game talk
This is the catch-all category for stuff about games and game design. It easily makes up the vast majority of the site’s content. If you are looking for something specific, I highly recommend looking into the tags used on the site instead. They can narrow down the hunt immensely.
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Guild sizes redux
As usual, the PlayOn blog has got some interesting data.
Long ago, in my Small Worlds presentation, I wondered whether optimal guild size (as evidenced in UO veteran member stats) was around 60, since that was the bucket in the histogram that showed the most dramatic spike. Chris Allen expanded on this quite a bit, picking 50 as his figure. Based on the data from PARC, looks like he had it closer to correct. (You can also check his response to the new data here.)
Implications for online game design? Back in 2003, I said that guild support should extend to at least Dunbar’s Number of 150. Now I’d add that perhaps we should design for groups of 50-60 as a target ideal size; if that’s the most cohesive group, might it also be the most retentive?
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Zen casinos
Damion has posted his talk on how casinos can inform MMO design, along with a ton of links to resources he made use of.
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Psychochild’s Blog » AGC Rant!
Yep, the actual text of Psychochild’s AGC Rant is now posted.
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f13.net forums – MMOG Rant
For those who wanted a good description of the MMO Rant session at AGC, f13.net forums – MMOG Rant session – realtime shit, yo has got ya covered in typical f13 style.