Raph Koster

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

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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iXie gaming

APRIL 3, 2023

Nearly all of the world’s major game publishers have grown primarily obsessed with an esoteric concept called the Metaverse. The Metaverse is not just a new trend in the gaming industry but a whole new way of experiencing and engaging with digital content. You’ve likely encountered it at some point because it’s inescapable.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 28, 2023

The definition and feasibility of “true ownership” as a concept in web3 is vastly misunderstood and played fast and loose with for fun and profit. Indeed that’s the expectation for almost any game, that the majority of players can participate and experience most of the content (at least in theory).

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Grid Sage Games

JULY 17, 2022

For Beta 12 I decided to include it on the patron feature voting list, and… it won. The amount of content variety offered by the original Garrison design was more suited to a lower visitation rate, not the “I’m going to play almost my entire run inside these things” which it had become for some people.

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Moonmana

APRIL 24, 2023

The worldwide game development industry has come a long way from games with simple gameplay and mechanics to complex feature-rich titles. Let’s figure out what this concept is about and then dig a little deeper for more details. What are the key features of Web3 gaming? Things never stand still here, do they?

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