The Lonely Gamer

One of the best things about games is that they are a social activity. That said, there comes a point in every gamer’s life when there’s just nobody to play with. You could play video games… but why not try one of these free solo games instead? SuperlightPlay in the car or on a plane…

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Categories: Games

Big Databases

Gamasutra has a sweet article up by Kjartan Emilsson, giving an overview of the challenges involved in running single-shard MMO EVE Online. Apparently the whole thing is built around a single 1.4TB relational database that gets hit 175 million times per day. This team really knows their stuff.

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Categories: Games / Programmer

Transformice and the mMO

I confess, I’ve been caught up in the phenomenon of Transformice. Its perfect chaos of cooperation and competition is thoroughly addicting. This game fits into a niche that I find I really enjoy: The Moderately Multiplayer Online Game (I’m calling it an mMO). It’s bigger than a multiplayer game or board game with two to…

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Categories: Games