I like WoW Insider, it’s a cool blog. People put a lot of work into it, there’s tons and tons of content, and I kind of like the random scattershot nature of the posts. It isn’t consistent, but that’s part of the charm. But I am tired of the relentless assumption that we’re all in [...]
Archive for March, 2009
WoW US Insider?
Posted in general mmo, warcraft, tagged maintenance, us bias, wow insider on March 31, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Fixed Levelling Groups: Myths and Mythconceptions
Posted in general mmo, tagged city of heroes, different levelling speeds, fixed levelling group, massively multiplayer, small group content on March 31, 2009 | 9 Comments »
There are big advantages to coming into a new MMO with a bunch of people you already know. You have yourself a fixed social group. Instead of going out for a beer, you can just arrange one night as an online gaming night in the game of choice and pick up where you left off [...]
Would you choose the same class again today?
Posted in general mmo, tanking, warcraft, tagged group utility, nerfed, plate dps, playstyle, warrior, would you recommend your class on March 30, 2009 | 13 Comments »
I was writing last week about recent tweaks to warriors in the PTR that were going to result in Fury scaling better with Strength than Attack Power, and hence favouring plate over leather. Bo@Vampiric Embrace riffs off this with a thoughtful look at why he’s not fond of dps warriors in raids and prefers them [...]
EU WoW is going to be run separately from the US version
Posted in warcraft, tagged change of operator, europe, warcraft on March 29, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Received via email this morning: We have a short but important announcement that we wanted to share with our players. World of Warcraft is currently an operation of Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (USA), but starting April 14, 2009, the game operator will be Blizzard Entertainment’s central European entity, Blizzard Entertainment S.A.S. (France), and will be referred [...]
Tigole on The Art of Herding Cats
Posted in general mmo, storytelling, warcraft, tagged directed play, green hills of stranglethorn, herding cats, interactive storytelling, npcs, quest design, tigole on March 29, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Jeffrey Kaplan aka Tigole, gave a talk at the recent GDC (game developers’ conference) on Directed Gameplay within Warcraft. He’s talking about quest design, where it went wrong, and how he thinks it could be better. Now I’m not saying that shock headlines get readers, but most of the posts I’ve read about this have [...]
Look at these … blogs!
Posted in about me, general mmo, meme, tagged award, blogs, greedy goblin, honesty, kiasa, nerf the cat, player vs developer, spinks, tanking for dummies, waaagh, wizards and wenches on March 27, 2009 | 8 Comments »
I feel awkward, and proud, and very humbled that Larisa@The Pink Pigtail Inn has nominated me for a blog award. And I’d like to thank my cat, the colour yellow, the plastic armoured landshark on my desk, and all three of my readers. I love you all!! This is a meme, and a made up [...]
A little touch of Spellborn in the night
Posted in general mmo, tagged combat wheel, first impressions, review, skill deck, the chronicles of spellborn, trickster on March 26, 2009 | 11 Comments »
The Chronicles of Spellborn (TCoS) is in beta at the moment, and I was bored … a dynamite combination. And so Spinks the Rogue Trickster was born. Spellborn is a fantasy MMO, so you will be running around doing quests, killing boars, casting spells, crafting stuff, listening to other people noob it up on the [...]
Is it a good idea to delay burnout?
Posted in general mmo, tagged burnout, sandbox, slow play on March 25, 2009 | 18 Comments »
In the same vein as ‘slow food’ , ‘slow travel’ etc there is a philosophy of ‘slow gaming’. This is all about getting out of the rat race, playing at your own pace, and taking time to smell the flowers and enjoy the scenery. And adherents to the slow gaming view of life often claim [...]
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