{"id":2817,"date":"2007-03-09T00:14:58","date_gmt":"2007-03-09T04:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aderack.com\/journal\/?p=2817"},"modified":"2021-03-27T02:27:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-27T06:27:11","slug":"industry-vets-never-metagame-they-didnt-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aderack.com\/journal\/2007\/03\/industry-vets-never-metagame-they-didnt-like\/","title":{"rendered":"Industry Vets Never Metagame They Didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Like"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"initial-letter\"><p><b id=\"header\">by [name redacted]<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Two teams, split up amongst Eric Zimmerman of Gamelab, Warren Spector, Mark Leblanc of Mind Control, video game theorist Jesper Juul, Ubisoft\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Clint Hocking, Jonathan Blow, and USC Professor Tracey Fullerton, moved their virtual quarters around the board to make thematic comparisons between often highly-contrasting games.<\/p>\n<p>Has <em>World of Warcraft<\/em> created a more intense subculture than <em>Asteroids<\/em>? Is<em> Guitar Hero <\/em>more culturally sophisticated than <em>Parappa the Rapper<\/em>? Is <em>Wipeout <\/em>more realistic than <em>Nethack<\/em>? Is <em>Oregon Trail<\/em> more emotionally rich than <em>Virtua Fighter<\/em>? (See below for answers.)<\/p>\n<p><b id=\"header\">( <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/news\/13083\/GDC_Industry_Vets_Never_Metagame_They_Didnt_Like.php\"> Continue reading at GamaSutra<\/a> )<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by [name redacted] Two teams, split up amongst Eric Zimmerman of Gamelab, Warren Spector, Mark Leblanc of Mind Control, video game theorist Jesper Juul, Ubisoft\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Clint Hocking, Jonathan Blow, and USC Professor Tracey Fullerton, moved their virtual quarters around the board to make thematic comparisons between often highly-contrasting games. 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