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Mar 2020
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#235 Diving Into MOBA Foundations

DIRK KNEMEYER & DAVID V. HERON
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Dirk and David team up with show producer Skye to dive into the MOBA genre, a first in a series meant to explore the design of this popular genre. They discuss the genre's roots in real-time strategy game mods and give an overview of the most popular MOBAs on the market. Additionally, the trio talks about tabletop and mobile MOBAs, and why they haven't taken off (at least in North America, that is). 

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