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<td><a href="http://real1stgames.com" class="new">Real1st Games</a></td>
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<td>2010</td>
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<p><i><b>1337: A Game Novel About Gaming</b></i> is an interactive serialized online computer game novel released in 2010 by <a href="http://real1stgames.com/">Real1st Games</a>, makers of the hit <a href="http://real1stgames.com/haxx0r/">haXX0r</a>
<a href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/video/conference/2008/mcgonigal">alternate reality</a> online game. The game combines elements of
empire simulator, first-person shooter, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSimulator">open simulator</a>, and role-playing game. It is
notable for integrating <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Five_personality_traits#Extroversion">Jungian archetypes</a> into the RPG player <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golem">golem</a> attributes and
for making use of web 2.0, user-generated <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-deterministic_polynomial-time_complete#NP-complete_problems">NPC</a>s.</p>
<h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.winkipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Winkipedia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Reception">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Reception">Gameplay</span></h2>
<p>Players join a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_%28car%29#Clan_Crusader">clan</a> in the year 1337 A.D. as underling footsoldiers to either <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_III_of_England">King Edward III</a> of England or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_VI_of_France">King Philip VI</a> of France.
Early gameplay involves traditional <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massively_multiplayer_online_role-playing_game">MMORPG</a> gathering, exploring, and leveling-up tasks, which culminates in a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars_races_%28F%E2%80%93J%29#Gank">ganking</a> battle with the level's main boss. Further <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_security">empire-building</a> style levels follow, based on subsequent historical periods. The total number of game levels is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysterium_%28Scriabin%29">currently unknown</a>.</p>
<h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.winkipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Winkipedia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Reception">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Reception">Reception</span></h2>
<p>The game was pre-reviewed in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osu!_Tatakae!_Ouendan!">Gameology Magazine</a>
in late 2009 by David Braskin, a name later discovered to be
fictitious. The real <a href="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid=25671195&lds=0&region=-1&regionfriendly=&frompage=99">David Braskin</a> filed a defamation lawsuit shortly thereafter. Gameology Magazine has not been available for comment on
this matter. The supposed reviewer gave the game 3 1/2 out of 5 stars, writing "the thing that lost it those 1 1/2 stars for me was the cheesy binary code on the box cover. Or wait. Was it like wink-wink cheesy?"</p>
<p>"Vaster than empires and more real. Frigteningly so." -- Dara Colbert, Spectre
<p>"One insane behemoth of a pesonality test." --<i>McFarley's Weekly</i><br>
<p>"Tune in, turn on, drop out." -- Timothy Leary</p>
<p> "It requires some cooperation from God, but if he's willing, I'm willing.” -- David Milch</p>
<h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.winkipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Winkipedia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Reception">edit</a>]</span> <a name="controversy"></a><span class="mw-headline" id="Reception">Controversy</span></h2>
<p>Real1st Games is one of many callsigns associated with the underground hacking collective <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparse_matrix">Sparse</a>. The group originated in Okinawa, under the leadership of <a href="http://www.animecons.com/guests/bio.shtml/588/Johnny_Otaku">Johnny Otaku</a>, and is believed to be in some way connected to the Yakuza.</p>
<p>The company originally attributed lead design of <i>1337</i> to "Mark Fullmer", which was later discovered to be an elaborate hoax, which included a fictitiously authored <a href="http://facebook.com/mark.fullmer">facebook page</a>, <a href="http://markfullmer.com/">personal weblog</a>, and even complete <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Sea-Eight-Stories/dp/1448679109/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263581204&sr=8-1">short story</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI-JFjj7VnM">poetry</a> collections. The true creator of <i>1337</i> remains unknown, though disgruntled fans are <a href="http://real1stgames.com/i-believed-mark-fullmer">actively working</a> to discover the identity.</p>
<p>On January 15, 2010, the company was suddenly disbanded, though there has been speculation that this was simply media misdirection intended to divert attention from the company's clandestine operations.</p>
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