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Revisiting “If you want to compete, you have to pay” part 2

In part 1, I try to briefly address the idea of “needing” to pay to compete in F2P MMOs. This is a continuation of that post. Beau over at MMO Voices commented that feeling the need to pay usually came with what pace you wanted to play the game at. This is pretty much true. [...]

Revisiting “If you want to compete, you will have to pay” part 1

I’m going to try to keep this to about 3 parts. So, let’s get to it. Laird HexDSL wrote a small post expressing a bit of how he felt over the use of the term “Free-to-play”. I had some comments on it, but I promised I wouldn’t write any more walls of text over on [...]

Guild Wars 2 questions

I’ve been keeping an eye on highlighted videos of Guild Wars 2, but don’t know every ounce of info that’s been released. I’ve most recently watched the Shatterer event video, and walked away with some questions… www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUVLclPDCBE My first question was whether there will be a first-person mode or not? I know there is a [...]

Quote of the day

“I pulled my back out while mixing potions or dueling.” – A friend while playing Harry Potter on the Wii.

This is the single most important moment for gamers – Vote now!

It is no exaggeration to state that their hearing represents the single most important moment for gamers, and the pivotal issue for gaming, in the sector’s history. The Supreme Court of the United States has agreed to hear the State of California’s infamous ‘violent video game case,’ Schwarzenegger v. EMA. That means that this year, or early next, the Court is going to decide whether to agree with the lower federal courts or not. Agreeing would mean that they believe that video games are, and should continue to be, First Amendment protected speech; just like books, movies and music.

Tilt-shifting MMORPG screenshots

You don’t know what tilt-shifting is? Well, go read about it(or not: it’s a very simple concept), and then come back here to read what I’m doing with online screenshots… Okay, I’ll just give you a quick rundown. Tilt-shifting uses a blur effect combined with color enhancement to make large-scale, real-life objects look miniaturized(like a [...]

Make building a house fun

I watched the ArcheAge Housing video on YouTube and was struck with some inspiration for making a small part of a housing feature really fun to participate in… So the ArcheAge Housing video just shows what appears to be a time-lapse view of a handful of characters banging on different parts of a foundation. At [...]

WoW’s RealID is not a scary new concept

Now I know the gaming community is a rather Net savvy bunch, so please don’t perpetrate a negative stereotype that we are all conspiracy theory touting fear mongers… I’m happy to discuss this situation because from my viewpoint this is: A) Nothing new This is the same old boring, beat-a-dead-horse issue that pops up under [...]

RE: Massively – Disillusionment with MMOs

[UPDATE: It is showing up in my widgit, sorry] I have an extra article this week, that doesn’t show up in my widgit so check it out if you haven’t already: Disillusionment with MMOs

Vanguard’s problems, what?

Being someone who is just now getting into Vanguard, I only have heresay and old friends telling me what’s what, but it seems we’re admonishing a new game by pointing out the errors in an old game… I’ve always been confused by what seems to be a majority stating how Vanguard had a terrible launch [...]