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Vague Patch Notes: No, MMO lore does not excuse design decisions

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There are a lot of problems with how people tend to use lore when it comes to MMOs. I've talked about one side of...
We know what we know.

Storyboard: On the art of verisimilitude in MMO roleplaying

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Those of you who remember this column from Massively-that-was are invited to take a shot, as was the running joke. Because it turned out...
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Edengrad adds in more reactive NPC mechanics

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Even in a post-apocalyptic setting like Edengrad, it's important for NPCs to fill out the world and make it feel more alive. However, that...
This was not actually complex.

Elite: Dangerous generates its galaxy with NASA data

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Elite: Dangerous is a work of science fiction; that's not under discussion. So as in all science fiction, the developers just created a galaxy by selecting...

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