November 2008

• The Future of Quests cruise
• • The Future of Quests Siege)
  • • The Future of Quests Threshold
    • • The Future of Quests Amanda Walker
  • The Future of Quests Marc Bowden
  • • The Future of Quests cruise
  • The Future of Quests John Buehler
  • • The Future of Quests Paolo Piselli
    • • The Future of Quests cruise
      • • The Future of Quests cruise
        • • The Future of Quests John Buehler
          • The Future of Quests Tom Hudson
    • The Future of Quests Aurel
  • The Future of Quests Robert Flesch
  • The Future of Quests Nabil Maynard
  • The Future of Quests Ricky C
  • • The Future of Quests Christopher Lloyd
    • The Future of Quests cruise
    • • The Future of Quests John Buehler
      • The Future of Quests GAMES)
      • • The Future of Quests John Buehler
        • • The Future of Quests GAMES)
          • • The Future of Quests John Buehler
        • The Future of Quests Mike Sellers
        • • The Future of Quests Michael Hartman
          • • The Future of Quests Lachek Butalek
            • • The Future of Quests Threshold
              • The Future of Quests Damion Schubert
            • The Future of Quests GAMES)
            • • The Future of Quests Morris Cox
              • • The Future of Quests Threshold
                • • The Future of Quests Siege)
              • The Future of Quests Threshold
                Eric Lee (GAMES) wrote:
                > Ok, if that term has a narrow technical definition then I'm fine with not using it.
                >
                > Anyone want to offer a technical term to describe the phenomenon of procedurally-generated quests being really easy for players to spot, and said quests quickly becoming the object of scorn and ridicule because they're *trying* to act like they have real emotional content in them but it's painfully apparent to everyone that it's not genuine emotion?
                >
                Fakery.
                
                Fraud.
                
                Disingenuous.
                
                The problem here is not that these procedural quests were SO CLOSE to
                seeming "real" that their minor differences stood out. The problem is
                they are OBVIOUSLY fake, and the fact that they try to play themselves
                off as not fake is insulting to the player.
              • • The historical significance of MUDs Threshold
          • The Future of Quests Damion Schubert
          • • Players are shallow [was: The Future of Quests] Mike Rozak
            • The Future of Quests Mike Sellers
    • The Future of Quests Damion Schubert
    • • The Future of Quests Mike Sellers
  • The Future of Quests Lachek Butalek
• [Engines] A suitable 2D engine for a virtual world. Sebastian Anthony
• • [Engines] A suitable 2D engine for a virtual world. cruise
• [Engines] A suitable 2D engine for a virtual world. Mr Seb
• • [Engines] A suitable 2D engine for a virtual world. Daniel James
• NEWS: MUD 30 years old Matt Cruikshank
• • NEWS: MUD 30 years old Michael Hartman
  • • NEWS: MUD 30 years old Richard A. Bartle