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Monthly Archives: February 2012
EVE: Scanning down options
One of the defining and critical features of a sandbox MMO is options. Options are different than layers in that options don’t fade or get replaced by “the next thing”. You ‘finish’ layers. You can’t ‘finish’ options. EVE has a … Continue reading
Posted in EVE Online, Inquisition Clan, MMO design
18 Comments
EVE: 1400 in local, no big deal
Great battle report, and good example of TiDi in EVE. I’ll keep hammering the lag point until every last person understands what’s technically possible, and why MMOs with servers the size of a game from 97 are doing it wrong. I … Continue reading
Posted in EVE Online, MMO design, Rant
18 Comments
Skyrim’s uncanny valley
If you have 40ish minutes, watch all of this. If you are pressed for time, watch the first section. Either way, it’s awesome stuff. Listening to the design behind Skyrim, I think I’ve pinpointed one of the long-term issues I … Continue reading
Posted in Mass Media, Random
10 Comments
EVE: Trailer, Corp update
Good new trailer for EVE. Even better are the comments in that Massively article, clearly showing how so many ‘MMO’ gamers just don’t get an MMO like EVE. Expecting the PvE missions to be ‘impact’ content, the old “you get … Continue reading
Posted in EVE Online, Inquisition Clan, Mass Media
10 Comments
BioWare is amazing
No, I’m not talking about that 90% retention rate they have going. I’m talking about Baldurs Gate. The RPG from 1999. I picked up BG on somewhat of a whim a few days ago from GoG.com for $10. It’s funny … Continue reading
Posted in Random
21 Comments
EVE: It’s someones story
Quick point about the EVE story post from yesterday: whether the story is true or not is not all that important. What is important is that it’s POSSIBLE in EVE. Maybe this guy did what he says he did. Maybe … Continue reading
Posted in EVE Online, MMO design
29 Comments
a game that millions of people are going to be playing for a very long time
Open after next quarter’s financial report: Q: You’ve previously said you need about a half million subscribers to be profitable, is that still the case? A: At 500,000 subscribers, we’d break even. At a million, we’d be making a profit … Continue reading
Posted in Mass Media, SW:TOR
12 Comments
EVE: Just your average MMO story
I don’t have much to add to this that has not been written either in the post itself, or in the comments. I’ll just point out that in the MMO genre, there exists only one game where such a story … Continue reading
Posted in EVE Online, Mass Media
11 Comments
EVE: I’m in your wormhole, stealing your Sleepers
As I logged in last night, a few Corp members had already scanned down a wormhole (C2) that happened to contain 11 POSs(!) and a large number of sleeper sites. Not wanting to miss out on the fun, I hopped … Continue reading
Posted in EVE Online, Inquisition Clan, MMO design
16 Comments
Skyrim 2.0, ELO, lies
First, how good does the Skyrim Creation Kit look/sound? The Steam integration part might be the biggest leap in gaming since Rift introduced us to MMO 3.0! Too bad for our genetically inferior slaves (console players) since won’t get this, but hey, … Continue reading
Posted in Console Gaming, League of Legends, Lord of the Rings Online, Random, Rift, RMT
7 Comments