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Symbiotic Relationship Between Games and Networks
- Early online gaming communities on ARPANET were driven by a desire to connect and share.
- These communities not only improved games but also spurred the development of usable online forums.
Early Gaming and Open Source Philosophy
- Early game developers shared a belief in the benefits of collaboration over proprietary products.
- This led to a culture of modification and improvement, fostering early computer communities.
Early Gaming: A Creative Free-for-All
- Professor Dennis Jerz describes early gaming communities as a creative free-for-all, similar to fan fiction.
- Developers would readily share and modify source code, expanding upon existing narratives.