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The dead horse blog drama

2007-12-11 14:43:00 by Tobold in Tobold's MMORPG Blog
 
...subjects The discussion of MMORPGs is a narrow subject, a very narrow one even. The total number of MMORPGs is just in the hundreds, and most people only discuss the major ones, which brings the number down to a dozen or so. The genre is very narrowly defined, especially if you only discuss "games" and exclude social virtual worlds with not...
 
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Interview: Second Skin Producer Victor Pineiro

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2008-02-06 14:01:26 by Earnest Cavalli in Game | Life
...subjects explains that playing MMOs with a friend is nothing like talking to somebody on the phone, or email, or chat- youre sharing actual experiences with somebody else (whether its killing monsters or shopping) in a pixellated world. As Rich Vogel (BioWare) recounts, This woman invited me in for dinner, sitting around the table in Ultima...
 
Tags: gamers, actual gamers, pineiro, victor pineiro, hardcore console gamers-, dress gamers, mmo, mmo gamer stereotypes, huge gamers
 
 
 
 
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Nobody forces you to read this blog!

2008-03-19 07:53:00 by Tobold in Tobold's MMORPG Blog
 
...subjects, mostly centered around MMORPGs. Posting about controversial subjects and asking questions is very much part of trying to engage my readers in that intelligent discussion, and not an invitation to trolls to tell me that I'm not allowed to post that stuff My opinion on RMT has remained broadly neutral and unchanged over the now...
 
Tags: rmt, rmt companies, companies, gold, gold seller, blog, game companies, game, gold sellers
 
 
 
 
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Tiga outlines plans to get more graduates into games

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2008-07-15 15:32:39 by Thom Dinsdale in That VideoGame Blog
...subjects at university That the Government should provide financial incentives to games developers to provide education outreach programmes to schools and guest lectures and master classes to students in their final year as undergraduates More generous subsidies should be provided to undergraduates taking mathematics degrees compared to other...
 
Tags: computer science, science, government, government policy paper, mathematics degrees, mathematics, games developers, support games developers, mathematics subjects
 
 
 
 
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WiiWare Impressions: My Life As a King

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2008-03-25 15:12:34 by Chris Kohler in Wired: Game|Life
...subjects off outside of the town into dungeons where they kill the monsters As the game begins, you and your kingly entourage enter the town. I was skipping over a lot of the story, but they've apparently lost their kingdom and have to build a new one. Inside a deserted castle town, they find a gigantic crystal, who says that the young King...
 
Tags: castle city, castle, castle town, town, ghost town, empty castle town, game, sim game, game begins
 
 
 
 
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Operatives and PvP in The Agency

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2008-04-03 19:00:00 by Kyle Horner in Massively
...subjects that it covers. One of these subjects is on the PvP element and how the developers want it to be optional, but still something players will try out. Their hope is that once cautious players have tried The Agency's PvP and seen that it's not a punishing experience, they will decide to take part in the activities. A lofty goal, trying...
 
Tags: pvp, agency, pvp element, friendly pvp enviornment, players, cautious players, subjects, ego-friendly gameplay, experience
 
 
 
 
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The Daily Recap

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2008-04-04 18:00:00 by Krystalle Voecks in Massively
...subjects that it covers. One of these subjects is on the PvP elements Dwalin, Master of Thorin's Hall, enters the lorebook Dwalin hardly needs an introduction, but it's good to see that the latest update to the Lord of the Rings Online Lorebook is a page devoted to this famous Dwarf. He is currently the Master of Thorin's Hall, and Raiding...
 
Tags: rings online lorebook, preview age, time, time flies, preview, lorebook, mmo, pvp elements, pvp
 
 
 
 
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Terra Nova: Voice in Virtual Worlds, Take 3

2008-04-10 13:33:08 by Editor in VirginWorlds MMO News
 
...subjects played DDO and WoW for two months and participated in interviews and focus groups in which they discussed their experiences. This style of data-collection runs the risk of introducing problems with subjectivity and generalizability, but it is good for exposing unexpected issues. Our study could be seen as complementary to Dmitri's...
 
Tags: voice, in-game communication, communication, voice communication, typical mmorpg players, mmorpg players, voice channels, players, virtual worlds
 
 
 
 
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WarCry Network : Latest News: Fallen Earth: QOTW Tackles Clans, Research, Flight and Fatigue

2008-04-16 21:31:14 by Editor in VirginWorlds MMO News
 
...subjects in this week's QOTW feature, revealing clan formation mechanics and costs, crafting research and training, movement fatigue and the particular fan question about flying vehicles in the wasteland We're wrapping up work this week on Zanesville and Needle Eye, while moving on to Kingman and Mumford. Our item balancing work is continuing...
 
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Peggle Is Good For You

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2008-04-28 17:25:20 by Alec Meer in Rock, Paper, Shotgun: Making False Idols For 2008
...subjects) by East California University as to the positive effects of playing casual games. Test subjects were given a raft of Popcap games to play, so, quite understandably, Popcap is now giving props to itself This is, however, actualish science, not spurious our tealady only smiles when playing Chuzzle stuff visit site to read more