From Pong to Ping: Been there, Dune that
The popularity of different video game genres has wildly shifted throughout the last decades. Developers picked up advanced technologies and paired them with game design ideas that hadn’t [...]
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The Basics of Hosting: Artificial Intelligence
The hosting landscape is rapidly evolving, thanks to breakthroughs in artificial intelligence. As AI capabilities expand, hosting providers are actively integrating intelligent automation to [...]
From Pong to Ping: A Second Life
Video games largely resolve around the premises of doing or feeling things and expressions, which your real-life self cannot ─ mentally, physically, financially. I explicitly don’t state [...]
The Basics of Hosting: Volume I
As a server host in an always-online environment, it’s crucial to communicate in a way that’s both informative and easy to understand, especially when explaining why private servers [...]
From Pong to Ping: Rock around the Blox
If we want to discuss the video game phenomena of recent decades without including Roblox, we might as well just stop this ongoing series and put our heads in server cases. However, Roblox is not [...]
Think piece: Tough bosses, smart choices
In the dynamic world of game development, indie studios often face an uphill battle against larger, more established companies. They often aim for niche markets with the goal of finding that [...]
From Pong to Ping – A Taste of Triumph
The phrase “Winner Winner Chicken Dinner” originates from the time of the Great Depression, when people played and bet on street games and in casinos. The winner was able to afford a [...]
From Pong to Ping – One of those DayZ
Challenging and fun are often cited as main criterias of individual types of games. These two words emphasize the idea that engaging in a daunting task, which requires effort and skill, can still [...]
Private servers are important – Interview with Rickard Frisegård, CEO of Stunlock Studios
The popular blend of base-building and collective monster hunting V-Rising has become even bigger and better with the release of the new “Secrets of Gloomrot” update. In addition to [...]
From Pong to Ping: Crafting a Legacy
In our last episode, we talked about the history, pros and cons of Peer-to-Peer gaming. This time, the sole focus lies on a game that has been sold, at least, 240 Million times on PCs and [...]