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• in Technology
  Hacking Fitbit: Psychology, Game Mechanics, and Mascots
  Have you ever wondered why Facebook works? Now Fitbit, a new health hardware startup is implementing the same techniques.
  by trendguardian / on Jul 25, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “game mechanics”

 

• Chaos Theory: Opinions, facts, and open flames

  
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  Filed under: Game Mechanics , MMO Industry , Endgame , Opinion , The Secret World , Chaos Theory , MMORPG , Buy-to-Play Its not often that my writings take a ranty slant, In fact, I dont believe I have ever expressed anything along those lines here in Chaos Theory -- although I have a time or two ...
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• The Nexus Telegraph: Still moving in WildStar

  
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  Filed under: Betas , Sci-Fi , Game Mechanics , Opinion , WildStar , The Nexus Telegraph The downside to writing about WildStar in this stage of the games lifecycle is that because of the very nature of beta tests, Im going to be spending a lot of time speculating instead of talking about certainties. ...
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• EVE Evolved: Fanfest 2013 video roundup

  
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  Filed under: Sci-Fi , Galleries , Trailers , Video , EVE Online , Culture , Events (Real-World) , Expansions , Game Mechanics , Lore , MMO Industry , PvP , PvE , Opinion , Free-to-Play , MMOFPS , Events (Massivelys Coverage) , EVE Evolved , DUST 514 , Dev Diaries , Sandbox , Anniversaries ...
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• Stick and Rudder: Why all the love for Roberts and Star Citizen?

  
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  Filed under: Sci-Fi , Culture , Game Mechanics , Lore , MMO Industry , New Titles , Opinion , Roleplaying , Sandbox , Crowdfunding , Stick and Rudder , Star Citizen , Buy-to-Play I was talking with a gaming buddy recently who missed the whole space sim experience in the 1990s. Hes a Star Wars fan ...
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• Rise and Shiny: DragonRealms

  
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  Filed under: Fantasy , Video , Culture , Game Mechanics , Interviews , Previews , Opinion , Virtual Worlds , Community Q&A , Rise and Shiny , Livestream , Miscellaneous , Subscription As a part of MUD May , I just had to play at least one MUD for Rise and Shiny . I have a handful of favorite ...
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• The Mog Log: Final Fantasy XIV beta phase 1 and 2 - gathering

  
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  Filed under: Betas , Fantasy , Game Mechanics , Opinion , Consoles , Final Fantasy XIV , The Mog Log We all like to stop and smell the roses. And then we like to pluck those roses, bring them home, and melt them into component enzymes that will allow us access to a temporary attack power buff. Final ...
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• MMObility: Exploring a tiny universe in Pocket Galaxy

  
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  Filed under: Betas , Sci-Fi , Screenshots , Video , EVE Online , Game Mechanics , New Titles , Previews , PvP , PvE , Opinion , Free-to-Play , Casual , MMObility Pocket Galaxy , a new sci-fi mobile MMO, is relatively impressive at first. Its a nice looking game that feels like a cross between ...
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• Massively Exclusive: How WildStar has the power to move you

  
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  Filed under: Sci-Fi , Game Mechanics , Interviews , News Items , WildStar Movement does not normally seem like a complicated topic in MMOs. You press forward; your character goes forward. Backward? Same deal. You can turn, and you can strafe, and you can turn and strafe and run forward if youre some ...
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• Second Wind: Age of Conan

  
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  Filed under: Fantasy , Screenshots , Video , Age of Conan , Game Mechanics , PvP , PvE , Opinion , Free-to-Play , Hands-On , Humor , Livestream , Second Wind I remember playing Age of Conan when it first came out; it seems like an eternity ago. So many titles have been released and failed since ...
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• The Art of Wushu: Understanding the Meridian System

  
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  Filed under: Historical , Game Mechanics , Opinion , Free-to-Play , Guides , Age of Wushu , The Art of Wushu , MMORPG Age of Wushu is not the most accessible game. It is full of confusing systems that are hard to decipher, and a large part of the "skill" in the game is being able to wade through the ...
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• Free for All: An intro to basic combat in MUDs

  
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  Filed under: Screenshots , Business Models , Culture , Game Mechanics , Opinion , Free-to-Play , Hands-On , Roleplaying , Free for All , Miscellaneous Welcome back to the second installment of MUD May ! Almost any time I write an article, I try to keep new players in mind. Its fun to see the reaction ...
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• Pet Rescue Saga: Mix and Match

  
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  Source: Flickr [The following text is part of my upcoming masters thesis on the use of game mechanics in therapy games for children. This is just a rough first draft, and I gladly welcome all critique and suggestions – be it on a content level or regarding my use of language.] As part of my ...
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• Flameseeker Chronicles: Thoughts about Guild Wars 2s living story

  
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  Filed under: Fantasy , Culture , Events (In-Game) , Game Mechanics , PvE , Opinion , Guild Wars 2 , Flameseeker Chronicles , Dungeons With Guild Wars 2s first multi-month living story arc drawing to a close, I thought this might be a good time to do a little bit of reflection on how the living ...
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• Not So Massively: MOBA patch week, Star Citizen hits $9 million, and Diablo II ladder reset

  
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  Filed under: Betas , Fantasy , Sci-Fi , Trailers , Video , Game Mechanics , New Titles , Patches , PvP , News Items , Opinion , Hands-On , Casual , Dev Diaries , Not So Massively , MOBA , League of Legends , Diablo III , Anniversaries , Crowdfunding , Star Citizen This week is packed with ...
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• Captains Log: Playing with Legacy of Romulus characters in Star Trek Online

  
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  Filed under: Fantasy , Sci-Fi , Lord of the Rings Online , Expansions , Game Mechanics , Patches , Opinion , Star Trek Online , Hands-On , Captains Log In just over two weeks, Star Trek Onlines first expansion, The Legacy of Romulus , will be released. The developers at Cryptic Studios have been ...
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• First Impressions: Forge

  
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  Filed under: Fantasy , Game Mechanics , PvP , Opinion , Hands-On , First Impressions , Buy-to-Play When I first picked up Forge on Steam back in the day (when it first hit the Greenlight service), I was hesitant to say the least. The last time I played any sort of game billed as a class-based PvP ...
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• EVE Evolved: Ten years of EVE Online

  
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  Filed under: Betas , Sci-Fi , Trailers , Video , EVE Online , Culture , Events (In-Game) , Expansions , Game Mechanics , Interviews , Lore , MMO Industry , Patches , PvP , News Items , Opinion , Consoles , MMOFPS , EVE Evolved , DUST 514 , Dev Diaries , Sandbox , Anniversaries , ...
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• Stick and Rudder: Star Citizen celebrates $9 million with Auroras, space suits, and LTI

  
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  Filed under: Game Mechanics , MMO Industry , New Titles , News Items , Opinion , Roleplaying , Sandbox , Crowdfunding , Stick and Rudder , Star Citizen , Buy-to-Play You know, Star Citizen occasionally seems too good to be true. Take this past week, for example. It saw not one, not two, but three ...
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• Rise and Shiny: Heroes and Generals

  
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  Filed under: Betas , Historical , Real-Life , Video , Game Mechanics , New Titles , Previews , PvP , Opinion , War , Free-to-Play , Hands-On , MMOFPS , Humor , Rise and Shiny , Livestream Heroes and Generals is a new browser-based game set in the wonderfully bright and shiny world of... World ...
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• The Mog Log: Final Fantasy XIV beta phase 1 and 2 - quests

  
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  Filed under: Betas , Fantasy , Game Mechanics , Opinion , Consoles , Final Fantasy XIV , The Mog Log We know now that the next test phase for Final Fantasy XIV will not be until June. This is good insofar as the next test will contain a lot more stuff and bad insofar as I want to play . Those of ...
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