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• Words to ban #1: Whales
  I hate the term whales. It is a word drawn from the gambling industry to describe their high rollers, the heavy spenders who gamble huge sums of money and often lose them. I hate the word whales because words have power. When you hear a phrase, it guides your thoughts. If I tell you not... […]
• Raph Koster’s analysis of the ways to make a successful service game
  Raph Koster, lead designer on Ultima Online and author of A Theory of Fun, has written a great post on Gamasutra setting out the key ways in which a service game can seek to keep its players playing. He argues – and I agree – that retention is the most important thing, because if you... […]