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Massively Multiplayer Online games – our first step into the Metaverse.
There’s a lot of discussion about PvP in upcoming MMOs. How hardcore will it be, will it interest non-PvPers… It can. If the penalty for losing is not that great, I feel people will embrace it. By slowly removing the PvE experience as you level, as Warhammer is said to be contemplating, you end up … Read more
Some highlights from the latest Test updates: * The Avatars of the Gods have returned with renewed strength and new members: The Tribunal, Karana and Bertoxxolous. Yay! I never had a chance to kill an avatar. All three of these fights were a blast in EQ1. I think Karana was the last pickup raid I … Read more
Kind of a mishmash post today. I start out with some EQ2, then move on to TV and lastly a little bit about work right at the end. Being a recruit in a highly successful raid guild going through Veeshan’s Peak for the first time leaves me plenty of time to play alts and watch … Read more
Vanguard has its problems; Stargrace mentioned last night while we were chatting that you really should think of it as still being in beta and that’s right on. And we now know from former Sigil employees that the artwork was in place, but most of the quests were written by new hires in the last … Read more
Quickly, you haven’t much time. Which game, after a four hour patch, did I have to drop my resolution down from 1680×1050 to 1240×782 to play at an acceptable frame rate, dropped me through the world, attacked me with monsters I couldn’t attack back because the game said I couldn’t see it when it was … Read more