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426:Player versus environment
489:Designing Virtual Worlds
148:Designing Virtual Worlds
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59:the TinyMUD family tree
181:Hahn, Harley (1996).
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496:A Rape in Cyberspace
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406:Non-player character
291:codebases, libraries
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117:New Riders
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332:Concepts,
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452:Twinking
442:Spawning
386:Immortal
371:Grinding
356:Cybersex
323:TinyMUCK
146:(2003).
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61:for more
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537:Lysator
366:Griefer
303:GodWars
270:DikuMUD
265:AberMUD
167:AberMUD
163:TinyMUD
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381:Healer
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