Quick little thought for today’s (tonight’s?) blog post. Greg Zeschuck shifted/moved/transitioned/whatever away from BioWare Austin. Now it’s probably going to be called EA Austin. We’re wondering if this is an attempt to help fix BioWare’s name, restrengthening its brand, by distancing BioWare proper from these (mostly) EA dealings. BioWare has been attached to a lot [...]
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Server merges can be great for SWTOR
June 14th, 2012
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Given all the SWTOR server merging news out there, I thought I’d weigh in with my thoughts. In my opinion, server merges are a positive action taken to correct a negative situation that only gets worse when left untreated. No one likes to play on a server with a dead population; If you do, you’re [...]
Recent Events May Result in a Better MMO Future
May 25th, 2012
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The past month has been full of terrible things for the MMO industry: Pitch Black Games closed down and cancelled Dominus, EA laid off 40 percent of the SWTOR team, and 38 Studios closed down with what some are predicting as an industry damaging event. Michael Pachter, an analyst who I actually enjoy watching, says [...]
Mass Effect 3 Tomorrow: The Preparation begins!
March 5th, 2012
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Our copies of Mass Effect 3 have shipped (yay for free release-day shipping!) and we’re anxiously awaiting their arrival. I played ME1&2 this past summer at Graev’s behest. I was reluctant to give them a try, but quickly found myself actually playing through them from start to finish without even wanting to play other games. [...]
