Gameplay Metrics on TV!
Nov 23, 03:43 AM
So there was a recent episode of the CBS show Numb3rs that was about a crime framed by an MMORPG. You can see a pretty detailed recap of the video game aspects of the show here.
However, I was mostly tickled by the fact that they use metrics to infer things about guild behavior and help narrow down the profile of their killer. Here are some blurry TV-to-cell-phone-cam pics I took.
This one is a graph of guild activity over time.
This one is a graph of relationships between guilds.
I’ve tracked down farmers with metrics, but I’ve never caught a killer!
