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War Stories

Ars Technica takes an in-depth look at the biggest hurdles developers face when creating some of the most popular video games of all time.

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StatusReturning Series
Original NameWar Stories
First Air DateDecember 21, 2017
Last Air DateDecember 21, 2017
Seasons1
Episodes1
Episode Runtime 20min
Language
Original LanguageEnglish
Production Countries
Production Companies
NetworksYouTube
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How Gamers Killed Ultima Online's Virtual Ecology

When creating Ultima Online, Richard Garriott had grand dreams. Richard and Starr Long planned on implementing a virtual ecology into their massively multiplayer online role-playing game. It was an ambitious system, one that would have cows that graze and predators that eat herbivores. However, once the game went live a small problem had arisen...

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