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Categorizing UCG
- User-generated content (UGC) is difficult to categorize due to its broad definition.
- Bartle's Taxonomy offers a framework for understanding player motivations and playstyles, which informs UCG.
Maxis and The Sims
- Mitch Lasky recounts being on the due diligence team considering acquiring Maxis, the creators of SimCity.
- Maxis founder Will Wright showed a prototype of "Project Jefferson," which later became The Sims.
Games as Toys
- The Sims challenges traditional game definitions by being a digital dollhouse, blurring lines between games and toys.
- Toys and structured play are fundamental to games, even digitally, mirroring real-world play behaviors.