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Podcast Feed Zen of Design

Random thoughts on game design, development and support, with emphasis on MMO design, from an experienced industry insider. Warning: I often take the devil's advocate position 'just because'.

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FRI

MAR

2008

Miss Me Yet?

Sorry for being incommunicado. Wordpress has decided to not allow me to post. In order to prevent me from saying anything stupid, I suppose.
I’ve done a lot of work on the back end, upgrading the version, deleting a lot of old data, and other improvements that will hopefully improve performance, but I haven’t [...]

FRI

MAR

2008

My Call of Duty 4 Experience

So far, it has some of the most spectacular scripted events I’ve ever seen in a video game, visually.
That being said, so far the actual gameplay seems to consist of not quite killing anyone before my squadmates do, followed by being blown up by unavoidable grenades.Online Viagra Soft Cialis Soft
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FRI

MAR

2008

The Opposite of RMT

Magic: the Gathering has had, over the years, a debate over the use of what they call proxy cards, or the use of stand-in cards to represent more expensive, harder to find cards. Often times, these proxy cards are little more than writing the words ‘Black Lotus’ over a worthless land card, but in [...]

THU

MAR

2008

Dear Burnout: Paradise Team…

The whole GTA-like open city thing…. did it ever occur to you that someone might want to run the same race twice in a row?
Please, find the designer/producer that foisted this horrible decision on an otherwise great game, and bop him on the back of the head once for me. Kthx…

THU

MAR

2008

Basic Fairness

The real issue of RMT is basic fairness. Which is less basic than you might think.
It’s really not about world disruption. Or gold spam. “Game Gods” who run these games are not necessarily opposed to RMT, and some have tried to monetize it already. More will in the future. It [...]

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