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10: Video Game Epidemiology, Sneeze Smells, and Game Jams

Let's Learn Everything!

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The Importance of Emotional Investment in Online Games

In 2007, epidemiologist Ran Balasar published an article. about the incident called Modeling Infectious Disease Dissemination Through Online Role-Playing Games. He compares the Corruptor Blood incident to the Real Life SARS outbreak,. which had happened primarily in China five years earlier. There are several big limitations to drawing real life parallels from corrupted blood incident or other kind of multiplayer games like this. For example, the fast travel and teleporting aspect of game hasn't been unlocked yet.

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