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200 10$aOptimizing play $ewhy theorycrafting breaks games and how to fix it /$fChristopher A. Paul
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210  1$aCambridge, Massachusetts :$cThe MIT Press,$d2024.
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327   $aOptimization and common pool resource problems -- The role of optimization in video games -- Overwatch -- Baseball as the tic-tac-toe of sports -- Less solved sports -- EA SPORTS FC and NBA 2K -- Clash royale -- Don't drain the pool for the rest of us.
330   $a"A thoughtful account of how optimization (also known as theorycrafting or the "moneyballing effect") has changed the way we play games from World of Warcraft to soccer"--$cProvided by publisher.
606   $aVideo games$xDesign
606   $aMathematical optimization
615  0$aVideo games$xDesign.
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