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22955: Re: [MUD-Dev] The Future of MMOGs... what's next?
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From: Amanda Walker <amanda@alfar.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 23:20:24 -0400
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
On 6/13/02 7:31 PM, Talanithus HTML <talanithus@mindspring.com> wrote:
> From: "Koster, Raph" <rkoster@soe.sony.com>
>> This was the topic of a panel at GDC this year. My answers were:
>> - no, the next batch of games will not be revolutionary
>> - yes, the next revolution will likely be user content
>> - and it's probably five years away, really
>> (Gordon Walton replied with, "stop depressing me and everyone
>> here!")
> LOL. Well I'm glad I am not alone in my hopes for the future of
> the industry, though I really am not looking forward to waiting 5
> years, so here is to hoping you are wrong, Raph!
Well ... *cough* ... not all of the next batch of games were
discussed publicly at the GDC ;-).
User content does remain a very large design and implementation
challenge, though, even if some of us think it's more feasible than
others.
Amanda Walker
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