Of Society and Carrots

Raph Koster is still on a roll with his retrospective analysis of all things SWG. He's written about TEFs, Dynamic Worlds, and now today he's written about something that once…

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The Great Jedi Purge

Raph Koster (Google him) wrote a fascinating narrative on how the entire SWG Jedi fiasco unfolded. Although quite long, and honestly not saying anything particularly new, it's well written and…

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Keep Your Eye On Crowfall

When it comes to community, crafting, and virtual worlds you can consider me a super-fan. I have written post after post since we started blogging in 2007 about UO and SWG…

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Item Luck in MMORPGs

Luck plays all sorts of roles in MMORPGs. I'm wondering how much randomness we really need, and how much of this random luck based gameplay can be replaced with the player…

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NPC Merchants

Today's EverQuest Next Roundtable question asks: If a player sells an item to an NPC merchant, should other players be able to buy that item from the merchant? I say…

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