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25541: [MUD-Dev] RE: Retention without Addiction? (Koster, Raph)
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From: "Dr. Cat" <cat@realtime.net>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2002 03:37:09 -0600 (CST)
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From: "Koster, Raph" <rkoster@soe.sony.com>
> We are not solely responsible, not by a long shot. But like it or
> not, we do have influence, we do have power, and we (as a group)
> have in the past encouraged and rewarded some behavior that we
> frown upon, that has led to behavior in real life that we would
> prefer not have occurred.
> Why it is self-important to acknowledge that? It seems to me to be
> a self-evident FACT.
> The real questions are these:
> - we teach lessons, whether we want to or not. Do we know what
> we are teaching?
> - we reward and reinforce behaviors. What behaviors are we
> reinforcing?
Well, I suppose most game developers don't think about these issues
much, and a few do - but then you could have said the same thing in
the 1980s.
I know we've been aware of these questions since before we opened
our virtual doors to Furcadia in 1996. What are we teaching, and
reinforcing? Creativity, self-expression, cooperation, being
helpful, friendship, romance, tolerance, diversity, communication.
Not everybody is getting caught by surprise when they see what
results their games cause. ;X)
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