Arenas… meh

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I’m not a fan of boxing, wresting, or any of those other cage matched arena sports. Maybe that’s why I never bought into or liked the idea of PvP being staged on this equal grounds and turned into an e-sport. Turning the entire process into a fast moving uphill treadmill to chase the carrot compounds my dislike; I have never been a fan of the treadmill carrot process. What I have enjoyed though, and always will enjoy, is the competition of pitting my skills with my character and the game aga

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What experience designers can learn from games

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Last month Aleks Krotoski spoke at dConstruct on Playing the web: how gaming makes the internet (and the world) a better place (listen to the podcast, or see a write up of the talk here). Two main things I got out of this talk: (1) carrot: good games should reward people for contributing more, with points, levels, collectable items. (2) goals: good games should have an end goal. Casting my mind back to various games I’ve played, I’ve never been so hooked on a game as Ultima Online. I played t

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Loot Theory: The Tale of the Donkey and the Carrot

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Once upon there was a donkey. As we all know, donkeys love carrots. The donkey would travel from land to land looking for his favorite food. He spent years of his life seeking out the perfect carrot; that vegetable that would be the pinnacle of all vegetables. One day he encountered a carrot, but it was no ordinary carrot. Nay, this carrot floated, and it so happened to float right in front of the ambitious donkey. Yearning for a taste of what seemed like the ultimate carrot, the donkey lun

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