By Frank on September 2, 2010
So I figure with summer coming to a close that I’d roll in and try for one more food analogy that will look really odd if I try and pull it off in the colder months. I’m convinced that the various conflicts and rivalries that people tend to attribute between MMO titles is sort of [...]
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By Frank on August 25, 2010
Today’s return to posting starts with a hot topic that appears to have asploded the interwebs today – the debate over the used games market and whether or not gamers giving to it is the same as stealing or not patronizing the developer. This whole shindig got started at Penny Arcade and has ballooned out [...]
Posted in Gaming | Tagged penny arcade, syncaine, syp, used games |
By Frank on August 19, 2010
If there’s one trend I am seeing lately as I troll around the interwebz reading about, it’s the whole conflict between open world, or “sandbox” gameplay, and linear, or “themepark” gameplay. There are those who want to be shown things and guided to elements of enjoyment, and those who sort of want to discover those [...]
Posted in Gaming | Tagged Gaming, sandbox, themepark |
By Frank on August 15, 2010
Oftentimes the term of “developer” or “dev”, as people like to refer to the folks behind games, takes on a kind of mythical tone to it. When you’ve seen the kinds of games that a developer studio can put out – from AAA MMOs, to awesome action games, to adventures that become iconic – this [...]
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By Frank on August 14, 2010
Some of you who know me might think of this as a veiled attempt to link some new-ish Korean pop that my friend Amber sent to me. You may be right, but I do have a point behind doing it besides making your eyes bleed with cute. Really! Note: Not responsible for any catchiness that [...]
Posted in Gaming, Social Geekery | Tagged Gaming, kara, mmo |
By Frank on August 13, 2010
In my last post I talked a little bit about MMO cynics and how they do tend to feel about the latest and greatest to come through the online RPG-verse. This wasn’t entirely an accident, you see – during my time not writing, I still managed to read quite a few blogs and feeds from [...]
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By Frank on August 11, 2010
So if you haven’t seen the very verbal, yet visually stunning “Manifesto” trailer for Guild Wars 2, go check this little bit out, and come back when you’re done feasting your eyes on it: Not surprisingly, I like stuff like this. Trailers are always fun to watch, but they are even more fun when little [...]
Posted in Gaming | Tagged guild wars 2, gw2, mmo |
By Frank on August 9, 2010
I like cake. Sure, I do have to confess that most of the time, I’m a pie guy. But every so often, the idea of cake is one that I find quite intoxicating. And I’m not picky either. Yellow cake, chocolate cake, pound cake – I like them all. Some people, however, are a bit [...]
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By Frank on June 7, 2010
Recently as I’ve gotten back into MMOs that support the systems to do so, I’ve noticed that character names have gotten a lot more….shall we say creative…than when I was last logged in. If there’s anything that will define your little virtual career, it’s your handle, your name, your calling card…you get the idea. Whether [...]
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By Frank on June 4, 2010
Today comes the news from Turbine that like its other product, Dungeons and Dragons Online, Lord of the Rings Online will be going free to play in the autumn. LOTRO’s enjoyed a particular brand of success in a rather hostile MMO-verse, avoiding server merges, decreasing population, and lessening appeal to carve out its own niche [...]
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