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MMORPG Games

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HUM-241: Video games: fiction like any other?

L'objectif du cours est de développer une méthodologie d'analyse du jeu vidéo, en particulier via une démarche empirique originale : le "Let's play". Il s'agira de présenter la manière dont le jeu vidéo peut être utilisé pour éclairer des savoirs et, en re ...

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This lecture delves into the world of MMORPG games, exploring their history, origins, and gameplay mechanics. It covers the evolution from text-based MUDs to graphical interfaces, the economic models behind free-to-play games, and the impact of bots on player interactions. The instructor discusses the immersive nature of MMORPGs, the challenges of defining 'massively multiplayer', and the unique social dynamics that emerge in virtual worlds.

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Instructor

Marc Atallah

Teaching & PhD Courses Humans/machines HUM-416 This course combines cultural (particularly literary and artistic), social and scientific approaches to explore the issues, perspectives and problems raised by the hybridization of human and machine. Humans/machines II HUM-463 This course combines cultural (particularly literary and artistic), social and scientific approaches to explore the issues, perspectives and problems raised by the hybridization of human and machine. Scie

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Related concepts (32)

Online game

An online game is a video game that is either partially or primarily played through the Internet or any other computer network available. Online games are ubiquitous on modern gaming platforms, including PCs, consoles and mobile devices, and span many genres, including first-person shooters, strategy games, and massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG). In 2019, revenue in the online games segment reached

16.9 billion, with

4.2 billion generated by China and $3.5 billion in the United States.

Virtual world

A virtual world (also called a virtual space) is a computer-simulated environment which may be populated by many users who can create a personal avatar, and simultaneously and independently explore the virtual world, participate in its activities and communicate with others. These avatars can be textual, graphical representations, or live video avatars with auditory and touch sensations. Virtual worlds are closely related to mirror worlds.

Massively multiplayer online game

A massively multiplayer online game (MMOG or more commonly MMO) is an online video game with a large number of players on the same server. MMOs usually feature a huge, persistent open world, although there are games that differ. These games can be found for most network-capable platforms, including the personal computer, video game console, or smartphones and other mobile devices. MMOs can enable players to cooperate and compete with each other on a large scale, and sometimes to interact meaningfully with people around the world.

Cheating in online games

Cheating in online games is the subversion of the rules or mechanics of online video games to gain an unfair advantage over other players, generally with the use of third-party software. What constitutes cheating is dependent on the game in question, its rules, and consensus opinion as to whether a particular activity is considered to be cheating. Cheating is present in most multiplayer online games, but it is difficult to measure.

Virtual economy

A virtual economy (or sometimes synthetic economy) is an emergent economy existing in a virtual world, usually exchanging virtual goods in the context of an online game, particularly in massively multiplayer online games (MMOs). People enter these virtual economies for recreation and entertainment rather than necessity, which means that virtual economies lack the aspects of a real economy that are not considered to be "fun" (for instance, avatars in a virtual economy often do not need to buy food in order to survive, and usually do not have any biological needs at all).

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