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Mods can be both useful to players and a means of self-expression. [4] Three motivations have been identified by Olli Sotamaa for fans to create mods: to patch the game, to express themselves, and to get a foot in the door of the video game industry. [4] It has been noted that these motivations encompass intrinsic and extrinsic motivations. [31]
A Minecraft mod is a mod that changes aspects of the sandbox game Minecraft. Minecraft mods can add additional content to the game, make tweaks to specific features, and optimize performance. Thousands of mods for the game have been created, with some mods even generating an income for their authors.
The Dark Mod: Doom III: 2009 October 17 [18] 2013 April 14 [19] Several demo missions were released before the mod was made available, the first of which went up for download on 18 January 2008, [20] nearly two years before the mod was actually released. Day of Defeat: Half-Life: 2001 2003 May 1 The game received a Source Engine remake named ...
Minecraft Mob Vote 2023. In just a few days, Minecraft developer Mojang will hold its annual Minecraft Live event, outlining the future of the game and showing off all the fun things the team has ...
A fan game is a video game that is created by fans of a certain topic or IP.They are usually based on one, or in some cases several, video game entries or franchises. [1] Many fan games attempt to clone or remake the original game's design, gameplay, and characters, but it is equally common for fans to develop a unique game using another as a template.
Some fans write fan fiction ("fanfic"), stories based on the universe and characters of their chosen fandom. This fiction can take the form of video-making as well as writing. [25] Fan fiction may or may not tie in with the story's canon; sometimes fans use the story's characters in different situations that do not relate to the plot line at all.
On the other side, some companies actively encourage modding of their products. In cases such as TiVo and Google, there has been an informal agreement between the modders and the company in which the modders agree not to do anything that destroys the company's business model and the company agrees to support the modding community by providing technical specifications and information.
The addition of people to a friend list without regard to whether one actually is their friend is sometimes known as friend whoring. [9] Matt Jones of Dopplr went so far as to coin the expression "friending considered harmful" to describe the problem of focusing upon the friending of more and more people at the expense of actually making any use of a social network.