The Soloist: Why I do it
Filed under: Game mechanics, Guilds, PvP, Raiding, Quests, Grouping, PvE, Opinion, The Soloist, Hands-on After this post, I had it in mind to think through why I prefer to solo, and whether the reasons...
View ArticleOne Shots: Hidden eagle's nest
Filed under: Fantasy, Screenshots, Warhammer Online, One Shots This is perhaps one of the more off the wall screens we've seen from Warhammer Online as yet. We see a wee teeny player in a giant nest...
View ArticleShips, NPCs and art direction in newest Star Trek Online Ask Cryptic
Filed under: Sci-fi, New titles, News items, Star Trek Online The first Star Trek Online Ask Cryptic for 2009 is out now, and with it comes information on some essential information about ships and NPC...
View ArticleThe Game Archaeologist plays with MUDs: Your journeys, part 1
Filed under: Fantasy, Sci-fi, Interviews, Free-to-play, The Game Archaeologist What a long, strange trip it's been back through the heyday of multi-user dungeons and the many, many spin-offs and...
View ArticleCaptain's Log: Shop till you drop (out of warp)
Filed under: Sci-fi, Opinion, Star Trek Online, Captain's Log Captain's Log, Stardate 64997.8... Hello, computer (and players)! Over the past couple of weeks, there has been much heated debate about...
View ArticleExcelsior! The cheerful insanity of the Guild Wars 2 Asura
Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Video, Culture, Game mechanics, Lore, Previews, PvE, Opinion, Guild Wars 2, Hands-on, Races, Roleplaying, Massively Hands-on, First Impressions, Guides, Miscellaneous It...
View ArticleWoW Insider's first World of Warcraft memories
World of Warcraft's seventh anniversary took place earlier this week. Rather than the dry, impersonal WoW retrospectives you can find almost anywhere this time of year, the crew here at WoW Insider...
View ArticleThe Soloist: Why I do it
After this post, I had it in mind to think through why I prefer to solo, and whether the reasons why are valid ones, given that I'm playing in a genre meant to provide a social experience. I'm going...
View ArticleOne Shots: Hidden eagle's nest
This is perhaps one of the more off the wall screens we've seen from Warhammer Online as yet. We see a wee teeny player in a giant nest with floating ships in the air behind it. As Excelsior explained...
View ArticleShips, NPCs and art direction in newest Star Trek Online Ask Cryptic
The first Star Trek Online Ask Cryptic for 2009 is out now, and with it comes information on some essential information about ships and NPC interactions. What we've now learned about ship progression...
View ArticleThe Game Archaeologist plays with MUDs: Your journeys, part 1
What a long, strange trip it's been back through the heyday of multi-user dungeons and the many, many spin-offs and variations thereof. We've looked at the history, talked with Richard Bartle, and...
View ArticleCaptain's Log: Shop till you drop (out of warp)
Captain's Log, Stardate 64997.8... Hello, computer (and players)! Over the past couple of weeks, there has been much heated debate about microtransactions within MMOs. Whether those microtransactions...
View ArticleWoW Insider's first World of Warcraft memories
World of Warcraft's seventh anniversary took place earlier this week. Rather than the dry, impersonal WoW retrospectives you can find almost anywhere this time of year, the crew here at WoW Insider...
View ArticleExcelsior! The cheerful insanity of the Guild Wars 2 Asura
It would have been easy for ArenaNet to make Guild Wars 2's Asura race just another batch of quirky MMO "shorties," playing into the standard fantasy trope. You know how it goes -- what the little guy...
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