Designing death is not a simple matter. Consider the following. You spend hours, days, weeks playing in an online universe populated by characters from the Star Wars saga, developing your character’s skills until you are a mighty hero. Then one day you take on one too many bad guys at once, and your beloved warrior walks into a laser blast and dies. Put aside the tragedy of loss for a moment and think like a game designer. What should happen next?
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Online Games Learn How to Cheat Death
Posted by: Jonathan D. Glater March 11, 2004 09:19 AMDesigning death is not a simple matter. Consider the following. You spend hours, days, weeks playing in an online universe populated by characters from the Star Wars saga, developing your character’s skills until you are a mighty hero. Then one day you take on one too many bad guys at once, and your beloved warrior walks into a laser blast and dies. Put aside the tragedy of loss for a moment and think like a game designer. What should happen next?