killtenrats.com - 9/25/2009
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We’ve done a case for the term “massively,” and it seems Massively decided to take the exploration to a higher level by asking a slew of devs about the term and what “MMO” means anymore. My favorite blurb comes from Turbine’s Jeffrey Steefel:
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NecroRogIcon —
Massively has an interview snippet collection up, askING a variety of developers to give their opinions on the word MMO. Ravious @ Kill Ten Rats has chimed in too.
Among the other insights, Ryan Dancey at CCP (EVE Online) has the straightforward take, that MMO is just a moniker for a genre of online games:
“It’s a great term because it’s not confusing. It doesn’t make any sense (a massively multiplayer online what?), but as a term of art it encompasses a meaning that is widely shared and familiar to millions of ...
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