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The Persistent Illusionist: March 2010

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Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one" - Albert Einstein. Friday, 19 March 2010. As I said in my introduction to my interview with David J. Williams (game writer and novelist), I've become fascinated by storytelling through the medium of computer games. Unsurprisingly, being an MMO junkie, I want above all to look at the state of storytelling in MMOs, which present tremendous obstacles for writers, but also really exciting possibilities. Monday, 15 March 2010. The latest edition of ...

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The Battered Shield: Lore Kick - Stingy Jack

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Saturday, October 18, 2008. Lore Kick - Stingy Jack. I’ve been on a Lore kick for a number of months now – not just about the games I’ve been playing but really anything to do with traditional stories or fairy tales. Seeing as Halloween (my favoritest Holiday evar) is coming up, I thought I’d post something I found from the History Channel Halloween section. Story from the Stingy Jack. Also has a Stingy Jack article. Ack double-posting on my own blog . boo! Here's the Wikipedia link on Samhain:. Trick or...

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The Battered Shield: August 2008

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Thursday, August 21, 2008. Book 14, Summer Festival and other stuff. I've been really busy at work lately so I haven't had a lot of time to make up stuff to post. The Summer Festival has come and gone. It was the first festival which there have now been two of since the launch of LotRO! There were some new dances introduced as well. They actually had a patch today which fixed them - they were broken during the festival so they appeared the same as the old dances. And that's what's going on.

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The Persistent Illusionist: What's the Story?

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Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one" - Albert Einstein. Wednesday, 15 April 2009. At this year's GDC, Jeff Kaplan of Blizzard talked about quest design, outlining nine problems with quests in WoW. Lum picked it up at Broken Toys. Which is where I saw it first, though it's all over everywhere now), and now Timothy Burke has posted an interesting response at Terra Nova. Which has prompted me to post my own thoughts on the subject. 1 The Christmas Tree Effect. 2 Too Long, Didn't Read.

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The Persistent Illusionist: May 2010

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Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one" - Albert Einstein. Saturday, 1 May 2010. Games and Stories - in which, in a roundabout way, I try to tell you wat I'm talkin' 'bout. While I talk and the flies buzz. A seagull catches a fish at the mouth of the Amazon,. A tree falls in the Adirondack wilderness,. A man sneezes in Germany,. A horse dies in Tattany,. And twins are born in France. What does that mean? Of these events with one another,. And with a million others as disjointed,.

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Scott Hartsman - Off the Record » Going Out On Top

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Scott Hartsman - Off the Record. Thoughts on MMOs, gaming, social spaces, development, and whatever else interests me in a day. Laquo; Game Design Bloggery (She said, then he said, then I said…). Emergent Play in MMOs - It’s About the Balance. Going Out On Top. Posted on July 10, 2009 at 12:30 pm under news. There are a lot of things about startup life that I’ve loved being around again. Best of all, being there to observe the first “lightbulb” moments as they exclaim: “ This is FUN! I don’t make d...

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Scott Hartsman - Off the Record » MMO Betas: Tying Budgets to Beta Size to Production to Fun

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Scott Hartsman - Off the Record. Thoughts on MMOs, gaming, social spaces, development, and whatever else interests me in a day. Laquo; Whoever you are, whatever you think…. Game Design Bloggery (She said, then he said, then I said…). MMO Betas: Tying Budgets to Beta Size to Production to Fun. Posted on April 22, 2009 at 8:36 am under production. Tentonhammer did an article on Beta Testing’s Past, Present and Future. Clip from the article. As product cost and complexity have increased, the emphasis of bet...

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Scott Hartsman - Off the Record » development

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Scott Hartsman - Off the Record. Thoughts on MMOs, gaming, social spaces, development, and whatever else interests me in a day. I’ve got your cin and cout *right here*. Posted on April 11, 2008 at 1:20 pm under development. Over the years I’ve had a few friends begin to learn programming. Occasionally, one of them will find me for help. I can tell whenever one of them starts out in their first C classes, because I start getting asked questions about iostreams. Iostreams can suck it FILE* fp = fopen( .

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Scott Hartsman - Off the Record » community

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Scott Hartsman - Off the Record. Thoughts on MMOs, gaming, social spaces, development, and whatever else interests me in a day. Posted on July 10, 2008 at 8:10 am under community. The always-hospitable Michael Zenke. Asked me if I’d like to join them on the Massively Speaking. Podcast #13 this week. I’ll post a link when the new one’s up. They recorded it yesterday. Edit: That was fast. What I thought I was getting into:. I’m Michael Zenke, and welcome to Massively Speaking episode #13! What I remembered...