Monthly Archives: May, 2009
/AFK – May 24
It’s Sunday, and you know what that means: time for the Sunday day of the week underwear! Also, a brand-new /AFK — articles from the past week I found particularly enjoyable and tasty. Are they finally learning? Well, ARE THEY? Don’t mess with the Stropp. PvD pits trading cards vs. station store in a RMT …
The MMO Fo’ Show: Episode One – The New Dope
You want to hear it, we want to say it! The Dynamic Duo (just for the record — I’M Batman) is back with a brand-new MMO podcast entitled “The MMO Fo’ Show”! It’s our desire to pump out one of these every week or so, hopefully no longer than 15-20 minutes per episode. Naturally, we …
Contemporary MMO Challenge… ACCEPTED!
So Dusty oh-so-casually threw down the gauntlet lately — for us armchair MMO designers to come up with a contemporary MMO that would work, especially without the assistance of fantasy and magical elements. As I’m not one to back away from a challenge unless it includes a shotgun full of snakes, here goes with an …
Phobia-topia
In a recent post, Ysharros shared a real-life phobia of hers — heights — that can be triggered even by MMOs in certain situations. I feel for her, as I’m also acrophobic in the real world, but it’s never come up in game like it has for her. I’d be interested to know if other …
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By the way, Snafzg and I recorded (attempted to at least) our first episode of The MMO Fo’ Show podcast last night, which included a few “do overs” as files were lost and babies were screaming and whatnot. We wanted to make it a short, 15-20 minute show, so naturally we ended up recording well …
LOTRO: Putzing Around In Middle-Earth
All I can say is that Captain Crunch is sure taking her sweet time working her way up to becoming a legend worthy of smiting Frodo in hand-to-hand combat and becoming the Ringbearer herself. And no, she won’t be dropping it off in Mt. Doom’s Safe Deposit Box, thankyouverymuch. KOTOR’s been grabbing at my (limited) …
Champions Online: The Advantage Is Mine
TTH has a great article up with Champions’ spokesperson Bill Roper (who else?) that covers the delay (which is a GOOD THING, as if you’d expect him to say different), but also powers and power customization. Since powers are the core of Champions Online, it’s vital they get it right, make it as flexible as …
Quote of the Day
“Not only are hardcore players getting more value for their subscription fee due to the excessive amount of hours they are playing, they are also shown favoritism by the devs by getting better content and more content then casual players.” ~ Wolfshead
The Old Republic: How To Balance Jedi
Whenever BioWare gets around to officially announcing Force-using classes (we’ll just use the word “Jedi” from here on out), it’s going to have that lovely effect of making the other classes seem like stinky, second-class citizens… unless they (a) make the other classes uber in their own right and/or (b) have a balancing factor with …
KOTOR Features The Old Republic Should Include
I’m having a hard time tearing myself away from Knights of the Old Republic these days — despite having played it a couple times previously, despite its dated graphics and somewhat simplistic gameplay, it’s still a terrific adventure. It’s also gotten me thinking about what elements of the game I’d love to see them bring …
