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MMORPG: The Problem of Saving State
The game Glitch is shutting down. This game was never really out of beta, and it was one of those “explore the world” type games. By all accounts, it was amazing, but they couldn’t make it profitable. They have a FAQ about the shutdown, and it includes this question which I found interesting from an [...]
Curt Schilling and the Saga of 38 Studios
End Game: I never even knew this happened: Red Sox legend Curt Schilling tried to create a MMORPG. It was a six-year disaster and hurt a lot of people and took a lot of taxpayer money down with it. Successful MMOs are incredibly lucrative, but they’re also the hardest type of game to build. You’re [...]
WoW’s Corrupted Blood Incident
Corrupted Blood incident: Back in 2005, a fascinating situation took place in World of Warcraft. The developers introduced a virus-like spell that was cast by a single bad guy (NPC). It accidentally ran wild throughout the game world, infecting characters and spreading like a…well, virus. The Corrupted Blood incident is a video game glitch and [...]
Why [insert MMORPG here] is Addictive
Why I Quit WoW And Started Working Out: Apologies in advance to all World of Warcraft players, but I really enjoyed this article from a guy who quit WoW. Beyond just the “it was really hard” bit, he examines why WoW (and other games) suck people in: social connection, and a false sense of obligation. [...]
Daemon
I don’t read much fiction. Maybe one novel a year. But I was intrigued to see this novel recommended by Kevin Kelly over in Cool Tools. I’ve had the post saved in Google Reader ever since, thinking “I’d like to read that someday…” Well, “someday” came in the form of a Barnes and Nobel gift [...]
EVE Insanity
Bad Crazy in Internet Space: This is a great wrap up of the supposed insanity of the EVE Online MMORPG. We’ve discussed EVE before, referring to an epic story of orchestrated betrayal that read like a profane spy novel. This post goes further, however, offering anecdotes about how Eve apparently regularly crosses the line into [...]
The “Outside” MMORPG Sucks
“Outside” MMORPG reviewed: Thjis is a review of the new MMORPG called “outside.” Apparently it sucks. Speaking of safety, despite the hostility of many of the players and the depth of the PvP system, it’s considered bad form to attack anyone except under very strict, very controlled circumstances. This is apparently because getting killed in [...]
Google to Do a MMORPG?
Google ‘to test rival to Second Life’: This would be something. You have to wonder to what end they’re interested in this. Google is thought to be set to trial an online virtual universe based on its popular satellite imagery software that would rival Second Life. Arizona State University students are to be given the [...]
Gender Issues in MMORPG
Flippage: An interesting article. Here’s a quote, which should tell you quite accurately whether or not you actually want to read it. […] he broke the conventions of in-game roleplay: Instead of playing a female mage wandering the lands of Aden in the name of Einhasad, Flippage was playing a female playing a male mage. [...]
Tringo
Crave Entertainment to distribute ‘Tringo’: This guy wrote a computer game…inside of another computer game — the MMORPG Second Life. It’s the world’s first recursive video game. Tringo, a cross between Tetris and bingo, was created by New Zealander Nathan Keir in Second Life, an online game where players have much freedom to create virtual [...]