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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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How To Make Minecraft Less Laggy [Tested Solutions]

Game Errors

Minecraft has gained much popularity and support since its beta launch in 2009. It is a unique open-world game where the player can do whatever he wants, in simpler terms, a first-person sandbox game. However, do you have the misfortune of being plagued by lag in Minecraft that annoys you and makes the game unbearable?

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Garrisons 2.0

Grid Sage Games

For Beta 12 I decided to include it on the patron feature voting list, and… it won. This might help spot areas I wanted to adjust, or at least offer a clearer picture of the total challenges and rewards possible in a given map as of Beta 11. Sample Garrison content list from Beta 11. or large (hard to fit the work in?),

Beta 52