Infinite Leveling
Here begins a series of posts, when I remember to do them, in which I will discuss the elements that would make up the perfect MMO for me. One of the things I hate most in games is levels that...
View ArticleA Week of Tweets on 2011-06-26
Willis, I say unto thee, what is the subject upon which you are speaking? # It tickles me, probably more than it should, when I get emails from job recruiters addressed to my MMO characters. # Thanks...
View ArticleAll Running, All the Time
Since I tend to want to approach games with the thought of immersing myself into the world, I tend to do weird stuff. At least, things other people think are weird. Like, while playing the game Red...
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Give me a ping, Vasili.
Over at the Ancient Gaming Noob, Wilhelm discusses briefly his need for a flight sim MMO and then posts about World of Warplanes. He asks in the title and at the end, “What else do we need?” I’ll tell...
View ArticleDragon*Con is coming…
It’s August and that means it’s time to start the final prep work for Dragon*Con. I’ll be working staff again this year. If you are going, drop by the MMO Track (we own the Sheraton and can always be...
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Oh Captain, My Captain
One ugly mutha fu-- I have long said that I think EVE Online is one of the best MMO game designs out there. Being able to train skills while offline and the entire game being of the “you are what you...
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A Group Of One
Playing around with EverQuest again, I’m reminded how much I love First Person view for MMOs. I play Star Trek Online in “mostly First Person” because you can’t actually go all the way in, but you can...
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Show them your O face
I’ve been turning it over in my mind since I heard about it. SOE is adding a new thing to EverQuest 2 that allows you to have your facial expressions – as in the face you are making as you are playing...
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True Creation of Character
Dig through this blog and you will find a number of posts where I talk about the things that I think would make for a better MMO. These days I’m not playing (m)any MMOs, so I don’t pontificate about...
View ArticleThe Ultimate MMO Launch
What if you built an MMO that had everything at launch? I don’t mean every feature, expansion, class, land, etc… I mean literally, it had everything it was ever going to have. Not one thing would be...
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