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 [...]
Posted in Gaming | Tagged developers, game developers, Gaming |
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 [...]
Posted in Gaming | Tagged Gaming, mmo, mmorpg |
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 [...]
Posted in Gaming | Tagged Gaming, mmo |
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 [...]
Posted in Gaming | Tagged Gaming, lord of the rings online, lotro, mmo |
By Frank on April 21, 2010
If there’s anything that sucks to say sometimes, no matter if you’re an individual or a company, it’s “my bad”. Whether it’s in everyday interaction as simple as bumping into someone and causing them to scald themselves with hot coffee, or as complex as a fender bender car accident, we’re all going to be put [...]
Posted in Gaming, Warhammer Online | Tagged Gaming, mmo, mythic, Warhammer Online |
By Frank on April 7, 2010
Lately as I’ve been out and about checking and commenting on other blogs in the geek-sphere we call the Internet, I’m seeing a bit of a trend among the MMO blogs that I frequent. Seems to me there’s a lot of labeling being thrown around, whether to call a game a themepark, which leads you [...]
Posted in Gaming | Tagged Gaming, mmo |
By Frank on March 19, 2010
So by now I’m sure some of you have caught up with the whole very public spectacle that the Alganon/David Allen/Derek Smart thing has become. For those of you that haven’t, all you need to know, prior to reading, is that it’s definitely a rare case of developer rage with a lot of he said/she [...]
Posted in Gaming | Tagged alganon, david allen, derek smart, Gaming, mmo |
By Frank on March 18, 2010
Wow, it’s been a while! It’s funny how a short trip to another city can take a lot out of you, right? I’m still on the road to recovery but don’t worry – I’ll be back to 100% real soon. Today, I’m informing my smallish readership that I have moved on from one of my [...]
Posted in Gaming | Tagged Aion, Gaming, mmo |
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