STRICTLY FOR THE HARDCORE! ONLY FOR THE HEADSTRONG! Darkfall Update 1: "It's Going To Take HOW LONG?"
Darkfall Update 2 to follow in… 1 day and 5 hours!
Scott Jennings
And I Beheld When He Had Opened The Sixth Seal
Oh, this will go well.
The Unbearable Lightness Of Stranglethorn Vale
Richard Bartle explains in great detail exactly what goes through an MMO designer’s mind when playing one of the more painful zones in WoW. Except he rather likes it, see.
So, my view is a bit different. As I noted, I actually see Stranglethorn Vale (STV) as one of
Champions delayed to September 1
Community post here.
In general, if you have to ask “do we need more time?”, the answer is “yes”. Of course the collorary is “can we *afford* more time?” – the answer to this is not always the same. Good to see that Cryptic is able to afford six more weeks
Freerealms Has A Million Users, Not Including Your Raiding Guild
Congratulations to SOE for possibly the fastest growing online game ever, breaking the 1 million mark in less than a month. (Cheesy TV ads may have helped.) Just as a reference, it took World of Warcraft three months to break the 1 million mark.
It’s important to note of
Metaplace Now Open For Your Metagaming Needs
Metaplace, the 2.5D virtual world Raph Koster and company have been working on, is now in open beta.
No, Really, I Heard
Apparently while I was out of town last week, the lawyers were busy.
I think I’ve posted quite enough opinion about NCsoft and Tabula Rasa to sit this one out.