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Flying mounts shrink the world

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2008-12-02 11:16:17 by Tobold in Tobold's MMORPG Blog
 
...worlds is less a matter of meters and miles, but more a matter of how long it takes you to get somewhere. And flying thus shrinks the world. Are flying mounts a mistake, or should they at least have been postponed to level 80 One problem with flying mounts is that it makes the traveling and exploring part of questing trivial. Exploring...
 
Tags: mounts, level, level zones, faster, faster flight paths, hit level, mount, straight line, zone
 
 
 
 
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World of Warcraft Exposed: Why WoW Made It BIg

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2008-03-26 08:00:59 by mzenke in GameSetWatch
World of Warcraft Exposed' is a brand new weekly column by Michael Zenke about the culture and experience of the globe's biggest online game phenomen, the ten million subscriber-strong World of Warcraft. This first column explores how WoW became so popular in the first place Massively Multiplayer Online Games are officially mainstream. A title...
 
Tags: world, warcraft, game, blizzards game, game design, play inside, play, play world, game designers
 
 
 
 
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World of Warcraft Exposed: A Moviemaking Culture

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2008-04-09 08:00:50 by mzenke in GameSetWatch
World of Warcraft Exposed' is a weekly column by Michael Zenke about the culture and experience of the globe's biggest online game phenomenon, the ten million subscriber-strong World of Warcraft. This week's column looks at the artform of machinima as it relates to the game and player culture The stereotype of the online gamer is one of...
 
Tags: world, popular machinima artists, machinima artists, game, online game players, movies, popular commercial movies, thousand in-game movies, culture
 
 
 
 
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Column: The Game Anthropologist: The World Behind The World Of Warcraft

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2008-08-23 08:00:05 by Mike Walbridge in GameSetWatch
...world of the World of Warcraft in its entirety Oh no, not another article about World of Warcraft. Tired of hearing about it." If you've ever thought that, stop reading. You won't find this interesting Some of you still are reading, though, and we both know why that is: because the topic is humongous. There is the universe, and there are...
 
Tags: world, real world, video game world, game, warcraft, game anthropologist, video game, games, individual games
 
 
 
 
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Column: 'World of Warcraft Exposed': Before You Make Your First Character

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2008-04-02 16:00:25 by mzenke in GameSetWatch
World of Warcraft Exposed' is a weekly column by Michael Zenke about the culture and experience of the globe's biggest online game phenomenon, the ten million subscriber-strong World of Warcraft. This second column looks at how character classes are actually differentiated in the game There are so many people playing World of Warcraft today, its...
 
Tags: character, focus, classes focus, character race, beautiful character race, classes, character classes, warcraft character, ideal class
 
 
 
 
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COLUMN: Why We Play - "Wanted: World Games"

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2008-06-25 08:00:47 by Chris Plante in GameSetWatch
...world, and what brings us back. This week, he elaborates on some adjacent thoughts expressed by GSW's Chris Dahlen earlier this year to suggest a new video game genre: world games The Mess Remember that big Resident Evil 5 controversy , that one where the gamer community felt serious growing pains in the racial tolerance department Wait,...
 
Tags: world, world games, games, world game portal, real world, world music, world experience americana, world foundation, games release
 
 
 
 
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Online World Atlas: Enter The Wizard101

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2008-10-28 16:00:17 by Simon Carless in GameSetWatch
...worlds site WorldsInMotion.biz , Mathew Kumar is still having a fun ol' time analyzing online games for the WiM Atlas . Here's his overview of Wizard101 , as developed by KingsIsle Entertainment, a distinctly Potter-esque teen and 'tween-targeted magic-themed virtual world Name: Wizard101 Developer: KingsIsle Entertainment Established:...
 
Tags: world, wizard101, online virtual world, wizard101 requires, wizard101 offers instantly, offers, wizard101 central, silent world, wizard101 wiki
 
 
 
 
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COLUMN: 'Play Evolution': The Evolution of World of Warcraft and Its Many Games

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2008-03-13 08:00:04 by jamesl in GameSetWatch
...World of Warcraft You cant beat World of Warcraft theres no such thing. There are no victory conditions, and youll never see a screen that pops up and says, You win! You may think that getting to the highest possible level is an obvious victory, but thats not true for everyone. Some people are satisfied with hitting the level cap, but others...
 
Tags: competitive pvp, competitive pvp players, pvp, pvp servers, game, endgame game, honor system game, pvp system, system
 
 
 
 
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World of Warcraft Exposed: The Lore of the Alliance

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2008-04-16 16:00:22 by mzenke in GameSetWatch
World of Warcraft Exposed' is a weekly column by Michael Zenke about the culture and experience of the globe's biggest online game phenomenon, the ten million subscriber-strong World of Warcraft. This week's column looks at the stories behind five of the game's character races Fantasy settings are darned intimidating, aren't they? As much as I...
 
Tags: human race bears, human race, race, warcraft, proud race, world, monsterous subhuman race, dwarvish race, elves