I find the lack of console MMOs disturbing.
So I imagine we have made it pretty obvious that Keen spends most of his time playing PC games while I focus on playing games on about everything else. It's…
So I imagine we have made it pretty obvious that Keen spends most of his time playing PC games while I focus on playing games on about everything else. It's…
I believe the ideal future of MMOs can be found in the sweet spot. What's the sweet spot? Check out the nifty graphic on the right. The sweet spot is…
The subject of consequences isn't foreign to this blog. We talk all the time about wanting games with more meaningful decisions. Over the past few days, Mark Jacobs has been…
Ultima Online Forever is still my game of choice these days, so I thought I'd give you all an update on what's been going on in-game and some of the…
Mark Jacobs has come to the Keen and Graev Community Forums once again. This time he's gathering ideas and opinions about what a next-gen MMORPG crafting system should be like,…
Bit of a late night post tonight. We're in the middle of transitioning our hosting to something that can accommodate our traffic. Shared hosting doesn't cut it anymore. The whole…
I had the pleasure of speaking with Mark Jacobs this past week about his upcoming project which was just officially announced today. Mark is diving once again into the realm…
The Keen and Graev Community has been enjoying quite a run in a UO shard called "UO Forever". Playing fresh has been a real treat, and an experience I never…
A bunch of my friends are playing UO with me, and this afternoon we had a discussion about why games today aren't made with these features. On one hand you…
Tonight I have random thoughts on strategy I want to explore. For a MMORPG company/publisher, all strategy boils down (or should boil down) to two options: Retain current players Acquire…