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WoW Armory Data Mining: The Next Generation

By Chris Lewis | Published: March 2, 2010

Over at the Armory Data Mining blog, a plucky computational biology PhD student under the name of Darush has taken a look at some World of Warcraft Armory data and run some fascinating transformations to analyze the number of Druid players that favor bear form vs cat form when they play World of Warcraft. Note [...]

Posted in Deconstructions, Games, Gaming Culture | Also tagged data mining, world of warcraft | 5 Comments

The quest for meaning

By Anne Sullivan | Published: June 4, 2009

Quests are a commonly-used device in RPGs, MMO or otherwise. They are used to guide the player through the story and world in small, discrete steps. After playing just a few RPGs it is noticeable that there are a limited number of quest types. Depending on how the lines are drawn, quests can easily be [...]

Posted in Deconstructions | Also tagged designer, mmo, mmorpg, player, quest, world of warcraft | 4 Comments

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