It’s time to change the MMO Calendar, which can only mean it’s time for another Looking Back, Moving Forward. September brought upon us life, as well as death, and a whole lot of free to play. It’s been over a month since Earth Eternal shut down, following Sparkplay’s demise. Even though the game was sold … Continue reading “Looking Back, Moving Forward: September 2010”
Two months ago, I changed the “Month in Review” category to a monthly review called “Looking Back, Moving Forward,” and at the time I promised all of you that I would explain my reasons at a later date. As at least one person has pointed out, the legacy “Month in review” articles have been completely … Continue reading “I Can’t Do This Alone: I’m Sick Of The MMO Stigma”
Two months ago, I changed the “Month in Review” category to a monthly review called “Looking Back, Moving Forward,” and at the time I promised all of you that I would explain my reasons at a later date. As at least one person has pointed out, the legacy “Month in review” articles have been completely … Continue reading “I Can't Do This Alone: I'm Sick Of The MMO Stigma”
Back in June, I decided to put a moratorium on articles dealing with the pending litigation between David Allen and Quest Online, mainly owing to my desire to publish something about Alganon that didn’t have to do with lawsuits or the back and forth blog posting between Derek Smart and David Allen. That being said, … Continue reading “Derek Smart To The Rescue! (…Or: MMO Fallout V David Allen)”
Back before Mortal Online launched, I believe it was Henrik who said Star Vault could easily find a publisher, but they would be forced to alter a lot of the game’s content in order to please them, and allow the game to ship. Since then, I’ve been thinking about the relationship many developers have with … Continue reading “gPotato: Pat On The Back Or Palm To The Face?”
Dear Employee, Has it really been [#] years? If not, please disregard this message and contact your local HR representative for further instructions. If so, please enjoy the following details of your accomplishment: Over 55 thousand people enjoyed MMO Fallout. The busiest day was June 29th 2010, when the “The Era Of Riding Initial Sales … Continue reading “Happy First Birthday MMO Fallout!”
I have decided to retire the Month In Review sessions in replacement for what I call “Looking Back, Moving Forward,” essentially a recap of the month and a look forward into the coming month.
June, like any decent bridging sequel, brought more questions to the table than it did answers…
[Update 6/29/10] With the overwhelming response this article has received, both here and on other websites, I’ve posted a followup below the original article. Mortal Online is part of a major turning point in the massively multiplayer online industry, but in a way that has little to do with the content of the game itself. … Continue reading “The Era Of Riding Initial Sales Is Over”
Back in my day, our games didn’t have save features. Sure, there were a select few that had the ability to save, but otherwise if you wanted to finish the game, you were going to sit down and play through, or leave your console on and risk overheating. Once save functions became more prevalent and … Continue reading “Permanent Death Is Meaningless Death”
I’ve been playing Xsyon pretty much since the beta went live, and by playing of course I mean doing as much as I can to get the servers to crash and functions to break. Don’t worry, that’s what the developers want. So far, not much is implemented in Xsyon, as Notorious Games does their best … Continue reading “More Free Time! Xsyon Pushed Back To August 15th”
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