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After the MMO Asteroids incident [1], I had to switch off my network connection to reassure myself that it isn't fake. If you're looking for a more in-depth ex
by mintplant 12y ago
After the MMO Asteroids incident [1], I had to switch off my network connection to reassure myself that it isn't fake.
If you're looking for a more in-depth experience, check out Osmos [2], the single-player game that probably inspired this.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=378475 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=378475
[2] http://www.osmos-game.com/ http://www.osmos-game.com/
- madeofpalk 12y agoIt doesn't appear your [1] MMO Asteroids link is correct. It's a comment about doing Cocoa dev for 10 years
- pp19dd 12y agoAh. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3819638 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3819638 Seems like there were no asteroids.
- mintplant 12y agoIt was the one that 'cadab linked: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3784754 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3784754 The "MMO" features were fake. All the other ships flying around were bots; the game ran locally on your computer. Disconnecting from the network broke the illusion, as the game continued to run normally.
- cadab 12y agolooks like it was missing a digit. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3784754 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3784754