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Sandbox vs themepark

Raph Koster

I just watched a couple of videos about sandbox vs themepark games (in particular one by NerdSlayer and another by Josh “Strife” Hayes )… One thing that struck me about the ways players often talk about this (because at this point the history is so old) is that people think of sandbox as the older version of MMOs, and themeparks as newer.

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RP4K Teacher Profiles: Gabriel Dibenedetto

Real Programming

His passion for gaming is broad, but he has a special love for sandbox games , point-and-click graphic adventures, and RPGs. Gabe develops models of worlds powered by the coding language C++ to test and simulate how rugged electric vehicles would handle the terrain.

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5 Simple Programming Languages to Teach Your Kids

Real Programming

Already, computer science applications like Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Deep Learning (DL), Data Science, and more are shaping all types of vital technologies, from small devices in our pockets to the industries we purchase goods from to the airplanes we fly in. That fact alone motivates kids to learn Java.

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List of most popular video game genres in 2023

Logic Simplified

From role-playing and first-person shooter games to simulation ones, there is a video game genre for every gamer’s choice. This category encompasses sub-genres, such as action RPGs, sandbox RPGs, tactical RPGs, MMORPG and more. Sub-genres of this video game category include arcade-style, futuristic, kart and simulation racing games.

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We Dwell in Possibility as queer gardening simulation

Radiator Blog

all drawings by Eleanor Davis "We Dwell in Possibility" (WeDIP) is a new queer gardening simulation game about planting bodies and ideas, and watching them grow into a kinetic landscape. It's a zoomed out perspective, it's not immersive, it's a simulation. Naked simulated AI people ("peeps") arrive and flow across the terrain.