How an Outbreak in WoW is Helping Epidemiologists Create Better Disease Models
In this classic 2011 GDC session, Rutgers University's Nina H. Fefferman explains how an unexpected outbreak of Hakkar's Corrupted Blood Plague in the early days of World of Warcraft helped Epidemiologists better understand the flow of diseases in society. Register for GDC: http://ubm.io/2gk5KTU Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribe Follow GDC on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Official_GDC GDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
In this classic 2011 GDC session, Rutgers University's Nina H. Fefferman explains how an unexpected outbreak of Hakkar's Corrupted Blood Plague in the early days of World of Warcraft helped Epidemiologists better understand the flow of diseases in society. Register for GDC: http://ubm.io/2gk5KTU Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribe Follow GDC on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Official_GDC GDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.