Another year has come and gone. As I reflect on a year of blogging, gaming, and industry events, I’m full of mixed emotions. Let’s take a walk down memory lane. Keen and Graev’s Gaming Blog in 2012 We had more traffic this year than ever before! We started blogging in February 2007 meaning we’re almost [...]
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Keen’s Predictions for 2013
December 27th, 2012
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Every year around this time I like to toss my prophetic predictions into the mix of what the coming year will hold for the gaming industry. Last year’s predictions kicked my butt. I think almost all of them were completely wrong, and some were so bad I had to make sure Graev didn’t go in [...]
WoW’s Original Success: A Roadmap to a Future without 3-Monthers
September 28th, 2012
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As I mentioned the other day while discussing the 3-monther, Blizzard did exactly what they needed to do with World of Warcraft back in 2004: Make something unique that addresses a need in the market. As this GameIndustry.biz article points out, Blizzard’s success is not magic. GameIndustry thinks it is hard work setting World of [...]
Not Every MMORPG is a 3-Monther
September 26th, 2012
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Not every MMORPG is a 3-Monther, despite what some may say. A popular vantage point for launching a debate against said belief is to claim that it’s impossible to recreate the past because it was nothing but a launchpad for today’s market, and that games like DAOC, SWG, and EQ (to name only a few) [...]
