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WoW Fanboys Get Validation

I am sure everyone has seen the World of Warcraft commercial that seems like it has been in every commercial break. You know the one coupled with Mountain Dew where the two people go into the grocery store, turn into orcs and start attacking each other? I doubt you’ll need it, but I’ll put it…Continue readingWoW Fanboys Get Validation

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ToonTown

Lately I’ve been getting back into to ToonTown for some reason. I know I know it is a kids game. Really that has never bothered me though. I’ve always looked for top quality games regardless of who the game is targeted at. To me, if the game is fun it is worth playing. And honestly,…Continue readingToonTown

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You Can’t Always Get What You Want

I’ve been reading up a lot on Google of late. There have been many things of note that I have really taken from them as a company and some of the theories that they work off of. In particular, I have found it astonishing to see how well it seems that what Google does carries…Continue readingYou Can’t Always Get What You Want

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Koster has his own law too

I haven’t done an MMO Laws post for awhile and looking Raph’s laws again last night I made a realization that a couple of his laws really connected in an odd way. In fact I thought that one law was in conflict with another law. In particular I want to talk about Koster’s Law and…Continue readingKoster has his own law too

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EQ2: Sentinel’s Fate Announced

The future of the popular MMO Everquest 2 was announced at this years SOE Fan Faire. Read up on the new features and thoughts on the future of the game.Continue readingEQ2: Sentinel’s Fate Announced

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Races in MMORPGs

I have been thinking about the races that I would allow players in my game a lot of late, and at the same time I have been reading a book based in the Eberron world. The thing that I really like about the Eberron world in general is that you go to a city and…Continue readingRaces in MMORPGs