Category Archives: World of Warcraft
WOW branded laptop leaves Mark confused
It looks like Dell and Activision Blizzard (man that’s weird to see) have teamed up to take two of my favorite things and combine them in something that leaves me thinking, “what in the hell?” Yes, I love my Dell laptops and yes, I love World of Warcraft but did they really have to combine them [...]
Sex, Drugs, and Rock-N-Roll. Video Games too!
Add CBS news anchor Hannah Storm to the growing list of fear-mongering dolts who believe that MMO’s are bringing down society. Watch the evil video here…at your own risk. The best part in her piece is the intro. ”But what do we really know of this dark world and this couple who is said to [...]
Sandboxes and Theme Parks
GamesIndustry.biz has a fascinating interview segment with NCSoft’s Thomas Bidaux (NCSoft Europe’s director of product development) about one of the publisher’s (and perhaps industry’s) core conceits of online games: sandboxes and theme parks. Bidaux explains that online games, in order to succeed, must strike a tricky balance between open-ended, create-and-do-what-you-want sandbox gameplay versus proceed-through-amazing-linear-steps theme park [...]
Episode 8 – “PC Gaming’s doom is at hand”
In this episode we recount our weekly gaming experiences, discuss MMO subscription models, and we rant about Dennis Dyack’s comments from GCDC where he recently prophesized the death of PC gaming. We even stoop so low as to role-play Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony for the amazing rant segment! Mark
“Plenty of Life Left After WoW”
No, I’m not referring to the rest of Mark’s life after reaching level 70, I’m talking about some recent developer comments made at this year’s more understated Leipzig Conference. Representatives from Cryptic Studios (City of Heroes & Villains, upcoming Marvel MMO), Turbine (Asheron’s Call, D&D Online, Lord of the Rings Online), EA Mythic (Dark Age [...]
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