Hardcore Gamers and Casual Gamers Playing Online Together
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In this paper, we discuss why Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOG) need to attract both hardcore and casual players and study the evolution of MMOG features for this purpose. 1 Hardcore Gamers and Casual Gamers Must Play
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