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From: Paul Schwanz <pschwanz@comcast.net>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 09:46:26 -0400
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apollyon wrote:
[quoting Jessica Mulligan's recent BTH article]
> "...games are shared participatory and creative experiences, not
> shared observational entertainment."
I like this a lot. It confirms what I suspect may qualify as a law.
I submit the following for peer review.
In an online game, the degree to which players enjoy an event, a
quest, or a story-line is often proportional to their ability to
be creative participants.
--Phinehas
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