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Massively Multiplayer Online games – our first step into the Metaverse.
Everquest 2 still astounds me sometimes with amazing scenes. This shot is a boarding party from Kunark trying to take on my ship with me as its lone defender (after the ship’s usual defenders fall in the first seconds of the battle). What’s happened is that pirates from Kunark have found us. We’re not the … Read more
JoBildo reposted a summary of a talk given by Gordon Watson, co-director of Bioware, at GDC Austin. Work blocks Gamasutra, so I couldn’t get this from the source. Watson’s talk was about the lessons learned from the World of Warcraft. There’s no denying WoW is popular, the most popular Western MMORPG ever made. They did … Read more
One afternoon, after being frustrated by looking for a good group several hours without any luck, I made a desperate wish that the MMO devs would wise up and let all classes solo for XP so nobody would ever need a group, ever again. Some genie dev somewhere pricked up his (or her) ears and said, … Read more
It’s old news by now that Perpetual has decided to publish its Gods & Heroes independently, and rely on SOE just for promotion and (I believe) hosting. As such, G&H won’t be on Station Pass. Some games, like Pirates of the Burning Sea, are different enough that people who are not yet MMO gamers might … Read more
Gosh, who are those slick looking haffers, decked in Tier 1 mastercrafted gear? Them haffers are my new characters on Nagafen, EQ2’s most popular PvP server. I level locked them at level 10 while I get some AAs, but finishing quests has bumped Tipa (the fury in the foreground) to level 11, with Tsuki (the … Read more