Archive for November, 2006
« Previous EntriesBeta testing goodness
Wednesday, November 29th, 2006There is something about beta testing a game that is highly appealing to a lot of gamers. Maybe its being able to feel that you were part of the creation process. For many its being first to play a game. For others its just a chance to play a game for free, thus the popularity […]
Pros and cons of degrading items
Sunday, November 26th, 2006Degrading items are an interesting issue to look at. On the one hand we have the example of puzzle pirates: The economy flourishes as people actually need to continually buy things. The normal inflation which plagues mmorpgs is staved off. In this example, the things which gamers don’t really need; fancy clothes, super weapons, etc. […]
On Pirate Servers
Tuesday, November 21st, 2006Pirate servers are a common point of argument between gamers. Some like them, some hate them, some couldn’t care less.
The largest beef that many have with pirate servers is that they’re costing the game companies money. With some games this is likely untrue. If you have a private server that has a group of ten […]
Silly media, hyperbole is for kids.
Saturday, November 18th, 2006It’d be nice if we could go back to the good ‘ol days where the news was known as “the news” not “the media.” You know, back when they actually reported things that happened instead of trying to make everything as dramatic as possible.
Over at Washington State University a few days ago, the College […]
Trolls, Griefers, and PVP, oh my.
Wednesday, November 15th, 2006Okay, so that doesn’t actually fit the wizard of oz tune. Sue me.
I was reading some stuff on mmorpg.com yesterday when I came upon this article. Now, I’ve been a reader of that site for quite some time. I find it a great place to find new games to play as they have some good […]
Post-election results
Monday, November 13th, 2006I did something the other day that I don’t often do.That is, I actually sat down and read some blogs. Not just any blogs, political blogs. Little thought was put into which ones I was reading. I actually just randomly clicked some stuff on Technorati.But what I ended up reading rather annoyed me. It was […]