domain | geekstudies.org |
summary | This content discusses five ways that video games appeal to players:
1. Roleplaying Games without Playing Roles: The author explores how roleplaying games can still be appealing even when they don't involve playing roles, highlighting the importance of immersion and player agency in these games.
2. Game Controls in a World Without Buttons: The author imagines what game controls would look like if they were not tied to physical buttons on controllers or keyboards, suggesting that other methods like voice recognition or gesture-based inputs could be more intuitive for players.
3. Lessons Learned from Glitch: Drawing insights from the MMO Glitch, which had an open world and user-generated content, the author shares some important lessons about game design, including the need for social spaces, a flexible economy system, and adaptable content creation tools.
4. The Good and Bad of Cool-down Timers: The author delves into both the positive and negative aspects of cool-down timers in game design, acknowledging their usefulness for pacing and balancing games but also highlighting concerns about frustrating players or promoting exploitative behavior.
5. Pointless Games and Freemium Ethics: The author argues that there is value in pointless games as they can be relaxing or offer an escape from everyday life, while also defending the freemium business model, which offers free-to-play games with optional in-app purchases, as a legitimate means to monetize content. |
title | Geek Studies |
description | Geek Studies |
keywords | geek, games, game, people, nerd, have, culture, post, studies, more, think, like, writing, blog, might, miscellanea, comments |
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wordpress.com, apple.com, factcheck.org, arte.tv, wikipedia.org, cnn.com, northwestern.edu, upenn.edu, jasontocci.com, glitch.com, thinkprogress.org, jarrodtocci.com, facebook.com, youtube.com, penny-arcade.com, gizmodo.com, forbes.com |
nslookup | A 192.0.78.24, A 192.0.78.25 |
created | 2024-02-12 |
updated | 2024-10-28 |
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