Players in Games (1/29/2007)
Aaron Ko
CTIN-482 #2 Blog Assignment
Yahoo Pool: Even though there are many players who play Yahoo Pool, this game does not require any sort of social interaction. Most of the times, players do not really talk to each other at all. Everyone concentrates on his/her own game, no help or assist is needed throughout the whole game. In comparison to the 'lite' MMOs that I played last week, I would say Yahoo Pool is a similar experience to the Kingdom of Loathing, since both games do not really encourage social interactions. However, overall I feel that Yahoo Pool is better and more fun than Kingdom of Loathing.
Yahoo Graffiti: This game primarily builds on social interactions because players have to talk to one another in order to guess what the other person is drawing. In comparison to the 'lite' MMOs that I played last week, I would think this game is more similar to Toontown in terms of social interactions. This game is identical to one of the parts of Cranium where one has to guess what his/her partner is drawing. This game allows more players to play at once (maximum of 6 players) in comparison to only two people playing in Yahoo Pool. This is more of a game for a party of people.