Comments on That's a Terrible Idea: Better MMOs in Three Words

The video was great. I'm going to have some gr...

2009-09-24T16:28:45.077-04:00

The video was great. I'm going to have some great talks with a few friends about various politically-related things now. =D

I would just like to point out that in order to have a game, you need some sort of structure, and extrinsic rewards are one of the most effective ways around to create a structured world. If you don't have any structure at all, few things have any meaning in the game.

Not that I don't think there are other ways to create purpose, just that it's harder if you rule out that method.

I have never heard of Toldain before. Thanks for t...

2009-09-12T22:38:40.001-04:00

I have never heard of Toldain before. Thanks for the link.

Seems like we're saying something similar, but I'm not specifically (though I am implicitly talking about it--games should almost never involve extrinsic motivation because they are primarily how people spend their free time voluntarily) talking about intrinsic motivators--I'm just using the triad that Pink outlines as a good way of articulating the kind of design I'm advocating.

Mainstream MMOs don't do any of these three things particularly well at the moment. I'm not sure even EvE does.

A few days ago Toldain had the same video and wrote about it in an MMO context.

Hivemind? ;)

Comments on That's a Terrible Idea: Better MMOs in Three Words

The video was great. I'm going to have some gr...

I have never heard of Toldain before. Thanks for t...

A few days ago Toldain had the same video and wrote about it in an MMO context.Hivemind? ;)

A few days ago Toldain had the same video and wrote about it in an MMO context.

Hivemind? ;)