One Hour One Life
Jason Rohrer’s One Hour One Life is a persistent shared world where you are born as a baby, aging one…
The internal economics of a popular Minecraft server
Alice Maz writes about how she mastered the economics of Minecraft: I started on my server with only a rudimentary…
Risk in MMO Design
Wolfshead recently published a thoughtful and extensive essay about risk, skill, and related topics in game design. Here’s an excerpt:…
TLBB Boss Illustrator Interview
“Generally speaking, there are three types of bosses that appear in games, the cute-type, abominable-type and fantasy-type.” — Ying Shi…
Guild Wars 2 Design Manifesto
ArenaNet recently posted a design manifesto for Guild Wars 2, their massive multiplayer online role playing game. Here’s an excerpt…
The Massively-Multiplayer winter getaway
In this time of white-out blizzards and severe cabin fever, many of us look for engaging mental getaways that don’t…
Rushkoff on creating an alternate reality game
Douglas Rushkoff talks about his participation in the making of Exoriare: I’ve written and even taught a whole lot about…