Gankboxes are sandboxes that place such an emphasis on unrestricted free-for-all PvP that ganking comes to dominate the entire game, to the detriment of the rest of the world design.
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Perfect Ten: Utterly silly MMO transmedia synergy over the years
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New books about EVE Online, Second Life, and EverQuest are on the way
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Perfect Ten: 2024’s MMO soundtrack themes ranked from worst to best
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