I guess it's about time to point out that no game is made in a vacuum. Engines (pathing, scripting, graphics, AI, etc, etc) are traded like candy between companies. Companies exist solely to create game sounds, pics, or music. Talent is outsourced, …
To start off, I'd like to say that I know some people from Sri Lanka. It's a country in a situation commonly referred to as "second world", in terms of development somewhere between the Third World and the G8. They have free higher education, a soli…
If the cultural differences between the US and Europe were all that significant, I might be inclined to agree. However, in terms of cultural positions, MMO designers and coders are in very similar situations the world over: they have high-level whit…