Innovation in RPGs: An Illustrated History July 11, 2008 in MMORPG Okay, I have looked through the history of MMORPGs trying to find examples of what I’m saying – and why I am waiting for a… Continue reading
Totally not competing with WoW, except we totally are. July 10, 2008 in MMORPG It seems to be fashionable these days to basically rewrite WoW, with some changes, and then claim they are not competing with WoW. Except, you… Continue reading
EQ: The Tower of Frozen Shadow July 10, 2008 in EverQuest, MMORPG, Nostalgia the Guild No, I totally don’t like this screen shot. My only excuse is this is the only one I took!… Continue reading
The new Wizardling... July 10, 2008 in MMORPG, Wizard101 It’s not the “perfect” MMO, but it’s definitely different enough to make it worth a look. Deck-building, strategic card-playing, turn-based combat? Check. Automatic grouping? Check…. Continue reading
Vanguard and the Anti-Map July 8, 2008 in MMORPG, Vanguard Not a lot of time here, but I did want to talk about some recent adventures in Vanguard. After completing the Veskal’s Keep quests (including… Continue reading
EQ2: We don't want RoK v2.0 July 7, 2008 in EverQuest, MMORPG Lars over at MMOment of Zen just got to 80 in EQ2, managing eventually to finish the entirely solo, quest-driven run from 70 on that… Continue reading
EQ2: Flittering furtively July 7, 2008 in EverQuest, MMORPG, Nostalgia the Guild I haven’t blogged about EQ2 in about a month from never. Not because I haven’t been playing it – I have – but just because… Continue reading
MMO Gene Sequencer momentum builds... July 2, 2008 in General, MMORPG, My Work Raph Koster today posted an article proposing that the reason people flock to games similar to ones they have already played is because they have… Continue reading
Sequencing MMO DNA July 1, 2008 in Age of Conan, Dark Ages of Camelot, EverQuest, General, MMORPG, Mythos, Warhammer: Age of Reckoning, World of Warcraft I just had a thought, while writing the Mythos article. We all know where Mythos came from. Diablo II game play with a Warcraft art… Continue reading
Exploring the Overworld in Mythos July 1, 2008 in MMORPG, Mythos As is way too often the case, I start writing a story about a MMO for Massively, and then get drawn into the game. Such… Continue reading