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Old 08-20-2007, 12:30 PM   #46
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Re: Reaching out beyond text MUDs

Ok, so how many successful books do you notice that are released with unadorned covers? I know when I go to Amazon and search for books I am presented with all sorts of images of books. The cover art is deemed important enough, in fact, that it's often changed up to appeal to different audiences. Have a look here, for instance, to see the MAJOR differences between the US, UK, and UK 'Adult' versions of the recent Harry Potter book:

This seems very speculative. I'm not sure how you're able to derive how a game would have done without CGI trailers.

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