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Combating Cheating In Online Games
mors writes "Gamasutra has an article about how game developers can make life harder for people trying to cheat in online games. It analyzes various ways of cheating, and how they can be made harder. It does stress that cheating can never be eliminated (at some point you need to trust the client machine, so crypto is not the ultimate solution), but can be made considerably harder." -
Combating Cheating In Online Games
mors writes "Gamasutra has an article about how game developers can make life harder for people trying to cheat in online games. It analyzes various ways of cheating, and how they can be made harder. It does stress that cheating can never be eliminated (at some point you need to trust the client machine, so crypto is not the ultimate solution), but can be made considerably harder." -
Multiplayer Game Cheating
Washizu writes: "Ensemble Studios programmer Matt Pritchard, who worked on both Age of Empires, and Age of Empires 2: The Age of Kings, has written an article for Gamasutra, the online game developer magazine, on multiplayer game cheating methods and prevention." A lot to say here about human nature. A lot of it applies to virtually any form of online human interaction: from games to, yes, even Slashdot's message boards. A very worthwhile read. -
A Profile of Coders
Zito writes "'The stereotypical programmer is a shy young man who works in a darkened room, intensely concentrating on magical incantations that coax the computer to do his bidding. He can concentrate 12-16 hours at a time, often working through the night to realize his artistic vision. He subsists on pizza and Twinkies,' Steve McConnell writes for gamasutra about profiles of software developers. "