Then head over here. Leaving all comments on agreeing or disagreeing with (some of) the sentiments Syncaine shares aside, I was left with the distinct feeling that this is the type of player that the MMO industry is forcing out. And I’m not talking about just Syncaine here, just to be clear, but he represents …
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How Schools Create Tomorrow’s Gamers
Raise your hand if you remember Oregon Trail – the original Oregon Trail. How about Where in the World if Carmen San Diego? Math Blaster? Probably a lot of you do. Where did you first encounter them? If you said “in school” you can happily stand beside the majority of twenty-, thirty-somethings as the first …
Like a Leper, We Try, Try Again
It’s an interesting thing, being limited in what you can play. My motivation to hop into MMOs has dropped to next to nothing, yet my interest in doing so has skyrocketed. When I’d usually be logging on RIFT, I’m instead logging into a match of Call of Duty: Black Ops on my PS3. Inevitably, matches …
Everybody Hates Rogues [RIFT]
I’m sorry rogues, but we really don’t like you very much. You’re quick, you’re stealthy, and you have a penchant for leaving things lodged in our backs. Not to mention, what’s with all the shadow and smoke? 80s horror movie fan, are we? Here’s another thing, who wears leather these days? Again, I’m getting the …
The Ron Popeil WoW Tank – Set It and Forget It
This is interesting. (And thank you to Spinks for the tip). For as long as I can remember, WoW has suffered from a tank shortage. Over the years, Blizzard has done a lot to try to overcome this phenomenon with, quite generally, temporary results. According to this latest dev log, it seems that Blizzard has …
Why RIFT Has One Million Subscribers and Other Games Don’t
Gamasutra has an article up today revealing our the first concrete subscriber numbers for Trion Worlds’ RIFT. In it, Vice President, David Reid, reveals the following: He first turned to Rift, the company’s first release from March, which he explained now has over one million customers and is the “second largest MMO in the West.” First …
Making Time to Be Healthy
Scarybooster has a good post up encouraging gamers to break the stereotype of being overweight, unmotivated, and generally thought of as lazy. We all know how un-true this is, but one thing I’ve noticed is that a lot of my gaming buddies don’t find time for exercise in their daily routine. There are the …
The Irony of Challenge in RIFT
Many players who say the game is too easy are the same who use macros in their normal rotations. RIFT will literally let you simplify fighting down to two buttons, in some cases, and three in most others. How do you complain because content is too easy from one side of your mouth and then …
Documentary Review: The Raid – A Giant Mole Which, As a Saving Grace, Isn’t TOTALLY Covered in Those Hairs We Find So Gross
I recently watched the preview of the new MMO documentary, The Raid, which you can watch for yourself here. The movie presents the most accurate portrayal of raiding currently available. It’s all the greater shame, then, that the movie consistently falls back on stereotypes for no discernible reason other than it’s what people expect to see. But let’s …
