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Database “sharding” came from Ultima Online? (2009) (raphkoster.com)
293 points by fanf2 12 days ago | past | 128 comments
Rob Pardo on World of Warcraft (2006) (raphkoster.com)
2 points by tosh on Aug 16, 2023 | past
Database “sharding” came from Ultima Online? (raphkoster.com)
209 points by Dx5IQ on April 7, 2023 | past | 89 comments
Database “sharding” came from Ultima Online? (2009) (raphkoster.com)
3 points by yboulkaid on Feb 7, 2023 | past | 1 comment
Random Ultima Online anecdote #2 – Horses inside players (2014) (raphkoster.com)
205 points by nieve on June 23, 2022 | past | 113 comments
The Trust Spectrum: designing multiplayer games for cooperative play (2018) (raphkoster.com)
1 point by bryanrasmussen on April 7, 2022 | past
Raph Koster: Real Talk about a Real Metaverse (raphkoster.com)
2 points by vblanco on Feb 3, 2022 | past | 1 comment
Database “sharding” came from Ultima Online? (2009) (raphkoster.com)
3 points by yboulkaid on Jan 20, 2022 | past
Online World or Metaverse? (raphkoster.com)
1 point by Jaruzel on Oct 31, 2021 | past
Theory of Fun (2003) (raphkoster.com)
3 points by foxes on Jan 19, 2021 | past | 1 comment
How to build the scary future today (2014) (raphkoster.com)
1 point by pdkl95 on Oct 15, 2020 | past
Database “sharding” came from Ultima Online? (2009) (raphkoster.com)
168 points by mpweiher on June 6, 2020 | past | 172 comments
What drives retention (raphkoster.com)
1 point by Impossible on Jan 31, 2019 | past
Database “sharding” came from UO? (raphkoster.com)
1 point by Lammy on Jan 25, 2019 | past
In Ultima Online, horses were pants and players were maps (2014) (raphkoster.com)
1 point by tobr on Dec 17, 2018 | past
Database “sharding” came from Ultima Online? (2009) (raphkoster.com)
4 points by yboulkaid on Sept 6, 2018 | past | 1 comment
Random UO anecdote #2 (raphkoster.com)
2 points by JoshTriplett on April 16, 2018 | past
Database “sharding” came from Ultima Online? (2009) (raphkoster.com)
3 points by bringtheaction on Feb 9, 2018 | past | 1 comment
The cost of games (raphkoster.com)
137 points by napsterbr on Jan 19, 2018 | past | 76 comments
The cost of games (raphkoster.com)
2 points by swah on Jan 18, 2018 | past
The cost of games (raphkoster.com)
7 points by djeikyb on Jan 18, 2018 | past
Ultima Online’s influence, 20 years later (raphkoster.com)
1 point by Bartkusa on Oct 2, 2017 | past
Consent systems (raphkoster.com)
1 point by mattbierner on Sept 2, 2017 | past
The internet as existential threat (raphkoster.com)
152 points by zephyrfalcon on June 28, 2017 | past | 121 comments
Still Logged In: What Social VR and AR Can Learn from MMOs [pdf] (raphkoster.com)
2 points by panic on March 15, 2017 | past
Gritty Systems Design for Retention (raphkoster.com)
1 point by rinesh on Sept 26, 2016 | past
AR is an MMO (raphkoster.com)
3 points by wslh on July 14, 2016 | past
AR is an MMO (raphkoster.com)
3 points by lucian1900 on July 12, 2016 | past
AR is an MMO (raphkoster.com)
2 points by phodo on July 11, 2016 | past | 1 comment
Ultima Online's resource system: a world with properties (2006) (raphkoster.com)
1 point by danso on March 14, 2016 | past

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