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Massively Multiplayer Online games – our first step into the Metaverse.
Team Spode isn’t an adventuring party with a lot of principles, but there’s one principle which we regard as iron-clad. And that is, never leave loot on the table. This simple rule has served us well over the years. Having finished for now with the Sands of Menechtarun (we have a raid to attempt at … Read more
Dragon Nest has it’s own version of World of Warcraft’s “rest xp” — power. There’s a power bar next to your experience bar that slowly fills up over time. Each dungeon instance you do takes some of this power away; doing a low level dungeon on “easy” mode might cost 25 power. Doing a level … Read more
It’s been no real secret that Wizard101’s Ravenwood Academy owes at least a little of its inspiration to Harry Potter’s Hogwarts. Alison Goldtalon and I were having a chat with Grandmother Raven over in Wintertusk; we’d just tied some gewgaws to the threads of our destiny in the Loom of Fate and freed her. Forgotten … Read more
I got this mysterious e-mail the other day, it was simply a list of tasks to perform… log on to Lord of the Rings. Find skirmish camp outside Bree gates. talk to people there and get set up with a soldier and do the intro skirmish run. Press Control+J to get the skirmish panel. Select … Read more
Wanna blow stuff up, defeat dozens of monsters at once, perform ridiculous combos and fall in love with an NPC? Wanna go to incredibly atmospheric locations again and again? Wanna read some of the most hilarious game text in any MMO? Want to look just like everyone else? Wanna have a crowd of thousands cheering … Read more