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May 12, 2008
03:22
Happy Mother’s Day! I hope your kids were nice to you. If not, post here and we’ll see that they’re taught a lesson.
I love you, Mom!
Source: Moorgard (Steve Danuser)
Categories: Bloggers
01:41
Maybe someday the Polliwog will grow up to be a frog prince, but for now it’s still mostly a jam. This version is, I think, less of a trainwreck than the last one. The piano’s gone, but it’s all still at 200bpm!
Download audio file (PolliwogSansWarts.mp3)
Source: Raph's Koster Website
Categories: Bloggers
May 11, 2008
21:22
April was a strong month for Dark Favor. We started to get one shots on Gurtogg Bloodboil, we defeated the Reliquary of Souls on our first night of attempts, and the same for Mother Shahraz. We still aren’t able to kill Archimonde, but we are making solid progress into the Black Temple.
On the flip side, [...]
Source: Brandon Reinhart
Categories: Bloggers
19:42
In every project, there are issues that that frighten the bejesus out of the team. They are so frightening that no one wants to talk about them publicly. The schedule might be impossible. There might...
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Source: Lost Garden - Danc
Categories: Bloggers
18:50
09:59
May 10, 2008
19:58
My dream MMO is what I think of as “an epic”.
But let me clarify that word so as not to begin this post by throwing you off track.
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noting or pertaining to a...
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Source: Jeff Freeman - Dundee
Categories: Bloggers
07:06
06:50
The goblin spawner got stopped up. That’s the only explanation why we were sitting in the King room in Sol A, mindin our own business, when suddenly seven, eight, ten goblins were dancing on our lower intestines. Between sudden goblin drop ships landing troops wherever we happened to be, having to keep apart from the [...]
Source: Tipa - West Karana
Categories: Bloggers
04:46
May 9, 2008
21:49
At work, our biz dev guy forwarded around this highly interesting article about the future of paid video content on the Net: The Ala Carting of Video on the Net - Will it lead to disaster?
He commented that this had relevance for games — something about which I agree completely. I strongly suggest reading the [...]
Source: Raph's Koster Website
Categories: Bloggers
20:18
Jesus God…Why doesn’t someone want to talk about it!…Is it because we’re having so much fun at home we’ve forgotten the world? Is it because we’re so rich and the rest of the world’s so poor and we don’t care if they are? I’ve heard rumors; the world is starving, but we’re well-fed. Is it [...]
Source: Onlinegamers - Rasputin
Categories: Bloggers
19:09
Some great news surfaced today about the next WoW expansion, Wrath of the Lich King.
All raid dungeons will have both 10-man and 25-man versions
mebeliThe 10 and 25-man progressions will not depend on each other
There will be no attunements or keys necessary for any raid
The 25-man loot will be a tier higher than the 10-man loot
The [...]
Source: Cuppycake
Categories: Bloggers
17:52
MMO Week: Industry has been irresponsible with kids // News // GamesIndustry.biz
Merrifield also thinks that there is an over-reliance on technology that ignores the human element, which is why they’ve decided to devote two-thirds of the company’s staff to positions such as safety moderators and customer service.
“We know the limits of technology, even though I [...]
Source: Raph's Koster Website
Categories: Bloggers
17:10
16:47
Edit: In North America!
NPD has a new report out, where they are starting to track subscriptions. As part of it, they list these as the top five subscription worlds:
1.) World of Warcraft
2.) RuneScape
3.) Lord of the Rings Online
4.) Final Fantasy XI
5.) City of Heroes
I think the thing that sticks out most here is how much [...]
Source: Raph's Koster Website
Categories: Bloggers
13:29
10:14
I recently came across a wonderful article on "Intuitive Interfaces". (http://www.asktog.com/papers/raskinintuit.html) Executive summary: people don't really mean "intuitive" when they use that word to refer to interfaces.
They don't mean it when they talk about games, either.
Source: Psychochild
Categories: Bloggers
09:17
07:37
A Few Thoughts About eBay's Decline | Paul Allen
1. Greed. I wonder if eBay has gotten a little greedy and strayed from its founders original intent. Virtually everyone I know who sells on eBay has...
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Source: D-One - This is Not A Community
Categories: Bloggers
03:12
00:05
May 8, 2008
22:54
Next week I will be in Seattle for Ion (formerly OGDC) to sit on a panel pontificating on what’s up with online games in 5 years. (I’ve already done a powerpoint!)
If you’re going to be in the area, feel free to yell at me.
Source: BrokenToys - Lum
Categories: Bloggers
22:16
Just a reminder that next week I’ll be moderating a panel at the ION Game Conference in Seattle called “Taking Your Community from Pre-Launch to Live.” The session is on Thursday, May 15, at 2pm, so swing by and say hello if you happen to be there. I’ll also be on Jason Roberts’ panel called [...]
Source: Moorgard (Steve Danuser)
Categories: Bloggers
19:05
WoW is still going well. Pawtopsy is halfway through level 62, and I’ve done Ramparts, Blood Furnace, Slave Pens, and Underbog so far. Last night she got a shiny new mace and a cloth robe that she cannot wear quite yet. I did end up respeccing Resto and I really like it so far. Even [...]
Source: Cuppycake
Categories: Bloggers
19:00
Oops. Chinese Gold Farmer Accidentally Turns Himself and Partner In To Police | Virtually Blind | Virtual Law
Chinese police arrested the pair after one partner reported the other for unfair revenue distribution. In business since last August, the gold farming operation had 20 employees and generated nearly RMB 1.6 million (US $228,915) in only nine [...]
Source: Raph's Koster Website
Categories: Bloggers
18:30
15:42
German EQ player Mohanos is looking for people with whom to start a European-time progression group on the Luclin server.
Those people who want to see EQ from the beginning once again (or perhaps for the first time), but couldn’t make North American times… might want to check this out :)
Source: Tipa - West Karana
Categories: Bloggers
15:08
15:01
I can’t wait to watch both movies in simultaneous split-screen on YouTube, too.
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Source: Jeff Freeman - Dundee
Categories: Bloggers
11:11
09:36
Short version: I got to spend an hour playing an unreleased game for the Nintendo Wii developed by a small startup studio in Austin, for the purpose of late-stage fine-tuning. And anyone in the Austin area with an interest and ability to not be a total jerk can, too. Read on for more.
The shop is [...]
Source: Damned Vulpine - J.
Categories: Bloggers
09:13
07:34
06:36
If you haven’t yet, make sure to check out the Warhammer Online video about Living Guilds; this is the kind of thing I’m talking about when I mention how pumped I am about WAR’s potential.
That said, I think every game has hurdles to overcome in the area of player groupings. Witness, if you will, a [...]
Source: MMOG Nation (Zonk)
Categories: Bloggers
05:21
The leader of the Tuesday group said we should finish our racial armor quests before next week; I figured I’d get them out of the way today. A variety of wolf furs, various yellowjacket drops, and some iron bricks from goblins.
I started at around 6, finished at 11:30. OUCH. Okay, I thought that would go [...]
Source: Tipa - West Karana
Categories: Bloggers
04:34
Granted, my knowledge of flash games isn’t exactly encyclopedic, but it’s still rare to find a new one that isn’t a rehash of many, many older games. Same as with anything, I...
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Source: Jeff Freeman - Dundee
Categories: Bloggers
May 7, 2008
21:07
Rep. Mark Kirk (R., Ill.) blasts Second Life as a haven for child predators and a “new, scary, uncharted territory”.
The dark side of the Internet site quickly became evident when one of his aides created an account last week, Kirk said.
Within half an hour, the aide said, she was perusing pornography and roaming in “virtual [...]
Source: BrokenToys - Lum
Categories: Bloggers
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13:13
The Friday progression group is pretty hot stuff, but leveling in EverQuest is so fast now that we quickly leveled past a lot of low level content that we really wanted to see. The only cure? More cowbell. Another progression group! Hakiko couldn’t make the Friday progression group, so he went ahead and made another [...]
Source: Tipa - West Karana
Categories: Bloggers
12:58
08:42
05:54
A few months ago there was a great post over on Massively about the Visual History of MMORPGs. (http://www.massively.com/2008/03/31/massivelys-visual-history-of-mmorpgs-part-i/)
You may be surprised to learn that Meridian 59 wasn't the first MMORPG ever!
Source: Psychochild
Categories: Bloggers
05:52
00:12
For those who don’t read the official Metaplace blog (and you should!), I posted a blog yesterday about my early learning experience with Metaplace. Written to be slightly entertaining, it’s a more lighthearted post than the ones I normally put up there.
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So there I was, the freshly hired Community Manager for Metaplace. It [...]
Source: Cuppycake
Categories: Bloggers
May 6, 2008
20:45
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