{"product_id":"9781484217238-mmos-from-the-inside-out","title":"MMOs from the Inside Out","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe History, Design, Fun, and Art of Massively-multiplayer Online Role-playing Games\u003cbr\u003eThe ideas, information and instruction of a pioneer of MassivelyMultiplayer Online RolePlaying Games speak to designers and players, taking it that the games are inspirational and boundless forces for good, and aiming to enthuse an upcoming generation, inspire and educate players and designerstobe, and reinvigorate those already in the field.\u003cbr\u003eThis is an astonishing collection of ideas, information, and instruction from one of the true pioneers of Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games. \u003ci\u003eMMOs from the Inside Out: The History, Design, Fun, and Art of Massively-Multiplayer Role-playing Games\u003c\/i\u003e speaks to the designers and players of MMOs, taking it as axiomatic that such games are inspirational and boundless forces for good. The aim of this book is to enthuse an up-coming generation of designers, to inspire and educate players and designers-to-be, and to reinvigorate those already working in the field who might be wondering if it’s still all worthwhile.\u003cbr\u003ePlaying MMOs is about fun, immersion, and identity. Creating MMOs is about imagination, expression, and art. MMOs are so packed with potential that today's examples are little more than small, pioneering colonies on the shore of a vast, uncharted continent. What wonders wait beyond the horizon? What treasures will explorers bring back to amaze us? \u003ci\u003eMMOs from the Inside Out\u003c\/i\u003e is for people with a spark of creativity: it pours gasoline on that spark.\u003cbr\u003eIt:\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplains what MMOs are, what they once were, and what they could – and should – become.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDelves into why players play, and why designers design.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEncourages, enthuses, enrages, engages, enlightens, envisions, and enchants.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDoesn't tell you what to think, it tells you to think.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eWhat You Will Learn:\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMyriad ways to improve MMOs – and to decide for yourself whether these are improvements.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat MMOs are; who plays them, and why.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow MMOs became what they are, and what this means for what they will become.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThat you have it in you to make MMOs yourself.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eWhom This Book is For:\u003ci\u003eMMOs from the Inside Out\u003c\/i\u003e is a book for those who wish to know more about game design in general and MMO design in particular. It's for people who play MMOs, for people who design MMOs, and for people who study MMOs. It's for people with a yearning to see beyond the world around them and to make manifest the worlds of their imagination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55450929627510,"sku":"9781484217238","price":55.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28320341.jpg?v=1743569147","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781484217238-mmos-from-the-inside-out","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}