Bringing players back to older MMOs
Today I want to pose a question to our readers: What would it take to get you to go back and play a MMO? I was thinking about this when…
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January 15, 2014
Dungeon finders are dangerous
Group finding tools that instantly pair people together and teleport them to a dungeon are one of the most dangerous innovations to ever come to MMOs. In themepark MMOs, they…
June 23, 2013
ZeniMax: TESO not a MMO … sorta
This is why community managers are so important: The Elder Scrolls Online Game Director Matt Firor is quoted in an interview today saying the following: "This is more a multiplayer…
June 5, 2013
PSA: Water levels in MMOs at an All-time Low
We're facing an epidemic here, people. Over the past several years vast quantities of water have been rapidly disappearing from our online virtual worlds. We're already at the point where…
June 3, 2013
MMO Crafting
MMO crafting hasn't seen a lot of innovation for quite some time. In fact, I think crafting has slowly been sliding to a worse state or neglected entirely by the…
May 27, 2013
Conglomoblog: Minecraft, SWTOR, Job Hunting
Life has been crazy lately. I spend more time working on campus to finish up the last of my finals (graduating in a week!) in one day than I do…
April 16, 2013
Price is NOT the Issue
I find it pathetic that price has become the scapegoat of failure in the gaming industry. I'm positive that any executives, developers, or anyone making a statement about price being…
November 1, 2012
Price and success aren’t related
I want to comment on the accessibility, player diversity, and barrier to entry topics trending around the MMOsphere. The idea that free-to-play MMO's are the only way to be competitive…
August 10, 2012
SWTOR F2P: An Awesome Single-player RPG
SWTOR is officially going free-to-play. I am not surprised at all. It's a good move for the game. You're lying to yourself if you think SWTOR was/is a success, and…
July 31, 2012
End-game Continuity
Let's talk about end-game a little bit. While streaming the other day, I had a quick talk with @AshenTemper about end-game. I was playing The Secret World wondering what it…
July 17, 2012