Everquest Companion The Inside Lore of a Gameworld

Name: Everquest Companion The Inside Lore of a Gameworld
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ISBN: 9780072229035

ISBN-10: 0072229039

ISBN-13: 9780072229035

Edition: 2003

Authors: Robert Marks

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This work uncovers the history of multiplayer games and online gaming through detailed explorations of the evolution of the 'EverQuest' game.

Book details

List price: $24.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne
Publication date: 8/27/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

Foreword	p. x
Acknowledgments	p. xii
Introduction	p. xiii
What is EverQuest	p. 1
An Introduction to the Basics
Playing the Game
A Sample Adventure
The Founding of a Game Genre	p. 17
Tomes of Lore
Baby Steps and Giant Leaps
The Internet Revolution
The Road to EverQuest	p. 37
Building the Team
Fleshing Out the Idea
Growing Pains
Meeting the Public
Building the Legacy
Dissecting the Mmorpg: EverQuest's Design Roots	p. 59
Back to the Basics: What Makes a Good Game
Plots and Players
The Character as Commodity
Gold, Zones, Quests, and Monsters: Touring the Design of the Game World	p. 79
Questing Around
The Multi-Player Universe
The Norrathian Economy
Choosing Sides
Building a World
Expanding a World
Reaching out to Your Fellow Elf: Guilds, Forums, and Conventions	p. 101
The Nature of the Community
The Nitty-Gritty of the Community
EverQuest Conventions
The Great EverQuest Controversy	p. 121
Controversies Past and Present
"EverCrack"
Spotting the Beast
The EverQuest Widow(er)s
Two Suicides and a Murder
Zoning outside the PC	p. 135
Language, Language
EverQuest at the Dinner Table
To the Game Console and Beyond
Getting into Pictures
Staring into the Crystal Ball	p. 155
Predictions of the Future
Current Trends
The Computer Game in a Decade
Afterword: The Big Picture	p. 175
EverQuest Community Sites	p. 177
Bibliography	p. 181
List of Vignettes	p. 185
Credits	p. 199
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