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Keen and Graev's Gaming Blog: Yes, MMORPGs should be done at release!

2008-07-05 15:45:29 by Editor in VirginWorlds MMO News
 
I keep hearing people say things like, Its okay that X isnt in the game yet because this is a MMORPG! or Its a MMORPG, of course its not finished. WRONG MMORPGs should be done at release. I simply do not understand where people picked up the notion that simply because MMORPGs are ever evolving and changing worlds that they can be underdeveloped...
 
Tags: end-game raids, game, end-game, mmorpgs, pvp system, players, pvp, prospective players, release
 
 
 
 
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Yes, MMORPGs should be done at release!

2008-07-05 19:32:40 by Keen in Keen and Graev's Gaming Blog
 
I keep hearing people say things like, Its okay that X isnt in the game yet because this is a MMORPG! or Its a MMORPG, of course its not finished. WRONG MMORPGs should be done at release. I simply do not understand where people picked up the notion that simply because MMORPGs are ever evolving and changing worlds that they can be underdeveloped...
 
Tags: end-game raids, game, end-game, mmorpgs, pvp system, players, pvp, prospective players, release
 
 
 
 
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Runescape Editor Pushing The Limits

2007-12-22 03:59:00 by k5115000 in Games Articles
 
By Nelson Widrow How can I cheat thee? Let me count the ways. Hmmm, such seems to be an apt manner to consider the world of RuneScape. But, in an odd paradox, its not only not a consensus into how the game should be played, but also faces a fierce backlash from those that choose to take a stance against the cheats and scammers. Such mechanisms...
 
Tags: runescape editor, runescape, runescape editor offer, editor, runescape stat changer, runescape community, real world diverge, unfair play, world
 
 
 
 
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Strangest Trailer of the Day for a Mystery Game

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2008-02-06 20:21:04 by Jonathan in Gaming Today
 
Whats three minutes long and has almost nothing to do with the game its advertising? This bizarre trailer for a game that I wont spoil. With an odd B-movie style and corny premise, you might think this was for some new space shooter or something, but youd be wrong. Its definitely an ad for a game though; in fact you may even be playing it right...
 
Tags: trailer, game, fortune trailer, bizarre trailer, odd b-movie style, wanderer info, day, space shooter, zeno clash
 
 
 
 
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First Gran Turismo 5: Prologue TV Spot in UK

2008-03-16 17:33:53 by Editor in N4G.com : News Feed : gaming
 
In a generation where competitors still advertise their games mostly in CGI, Sony are so confident with this game, that they advertised it with a note at the bottom of the screen reading "Actual gameplay footage". And with the visuals of this game, who honestly wouldn't put that point across Introducing, Gran Turismo 5: Prologue
 
Tags: gran turismo, actual gameplay footage, prologue, game, games, cgi, competitors, bottom, note
 
 
 
 
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Rockstar and Amazon to allow MP3 downloads in GTA IV

2008-03-28 09:01:47 by patlike in videogaming247
 
According to this, the American version of GTA IV will allow users to download MP3s from Amazon for use in the game. Advertised throughout Liberty City, the cheekily-named ZiT technology is built into the games mobile phone interface system. As players cruise around the world listening to the in-game radio, they can at any point
 
Tags: in-game radio, game, zit technology, players cruise, gta, american version, liberty city, download mp3s, amazon
 
 
 
 
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How to spark remote learning in Second Life

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2008-03-29 15:00:00 by Brenda Holloway in Massively
Filed under: World of Warcraft , Second Life , Academic , Education , Virtual worlds Sounds like a fantasy -- play a game, learn a language. And yet, that is just what is happening as vast, world-spanning games like Second Life and World of Warcraft bring dozens of cultures together. What has been happening by osmosis -- as non-English speakers...
 
Tags: english, life english, life, english speakers, language online, language, non-english speakers pick, language teachers, virtual worlds
 
 
 
 
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Best Buy's 'Wii For Women' Day a Mixed Success

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2008-04-01 11:02:25 by Chris Kohler in Wired: Game|Life
Best Buy's recent "Wii for Women" event, a day of Wii playing geared at soccer moms held Sunday at about fifty of its stores, made headlines last week. But was it a success A 1up.com reporter attended the Boca Raton, Florida event and says: Kind of I think it's more for the teenager and middle school kids than the moms," said one attendee. "It...
 
Tags: wii, fifty wii consoles, fifty, success, event, florida event, middle school kids, day, 1up
 
 
 
 
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Number inflation

2008-04-03 12:55:00 by Tobold in Tobold's MMORPG Blog
 
My blog had 1.5 million visitors. Warhammer Online is close to 750k beta applicants, and is shooting for 1 million . Thus I'm twice as popular as Warhammer Online. NOT. So why am I making this totally invalid comparison? To show up the totally invalid comparison implicitly made by EA Mythic talking about their huge number of beta applicants....
 
Tags: beta, beta test, beta spot, 750k beta applicants, beta application, beta applicants, warhammer online, applicants, million
 
 
 
 
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Mario Kart is eighth biggest-seller EVER in the UK

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2008-04-14 20:18:22 by Chris Schilling in Wii Wii
I said two words when I heard this news. The second one was me Consider my gast well and truly flabbered, my gob completely and utterly smacked.Ive been struck by thunder and left totallydumbfounded and bowled over. Why? Because Mario Kart Wii has somehow not only managed to top the All Formats Top 40 Chart, but has also outsold all five...
 
Tags: mario, mario strikers, mario kart wii, mario party, super mario galaxy, super paper mario, game, top, wii wheel shell