By the time you read this, Transformers Online will have already been delisted from MMO Fallout. To find out why, continue reading. Back in July, Mark Gerhard wrote about how Jagex is done messing around with pet projects (read: massive financial disasters) like 8Realms and FunOrb, and that the company would only focus on serious … Continue reading “Jagex's Problem With "Not RuneScape" Continues On”
By the time you read this, Transformers Online will have already been delisted from MMO Fallout. To find out why, continue reading. Back in July, Mark Gerhard wrote about how Jagex is done messing around with pet projects (read: massive financial disasters) like 8Realms and FunOrb, and that the company would only focus on serious … Continue reading “Jagex’s Problem With “Not RuneScape” Continues On”
It’s been a while since we last talked to Derek Smart. A year and a half, almost, if you’ve been keeping count. Last time we talked about Quest Online and Alganon, focusing on aspects of free to play and how Quest Online was promoting the game. With the approach of Line of Defense and a … Continue reading “Derek Smart Returns: Free To Play, Line of Defense, Lockboxes”
When thinking about Marvel Heroes, I want you to remember one name: David Brevik. If you already know who David Brevik is, then my mention of his name should automatically make you think of Diablo, and that is where I would like to begin. For a while now, you may have heard of Marvel: Heroes … Continue reading “Comic Con Hands On: Marvel Heroes”
It is Tuesday and that can only mean one thing. I am either neglecting my patients for the delicious meat-stuffed corn tortillas down in the cafeteria. One of the greatest, or perhaps the greatest, fifty two days of the year. Taco Tuesday is where we get together to reminisce, throw together new ideas, or even … Continue reading “Taco Tuesday: If I Could Turn Back TIme”
It is Taco Tuesday, and that can only mean one thing: lists of things describing things. Before I dive deep, I want to preface this with a small note. I generally write the Taco Tuesday piece days, and often a week in advance. The timing of this Taco Tuesday appearing on the same day that … Continue reading “Taco Tuesday: 5 Reasons I Play The Secret World”
In the Jagex family you really only fit into one of two categories: RuneScape and Not RuneScape. What is the difference, you ask? Well, the RuneScape category is successful and the “Not RuneScape” category is not. 1. FunOrb Was Abandoned And Left For Dead As per numerous Jagex posts on the RuneScape forums, Funorb is … Continue reading “Jagex's Problem With "Not RuneScape"”
In the Jagex family you really only fit into one of two categories: RuneScape and Not RuneScape. What is the difference, you ask? Well, the RuneScape category is successful and the “Not RuneScape” category is not. 1. FunOrb Was Abandoned And Left For Dead As per numerous Jagex posts on the RuneScape forums, Funorb is … Continue reading “Jagex’s Problem With “Not RuneScape””
I love reading about MMOs being resurrected, almost as much as I hate reading about MMOs being resurrected. On one hand, it’s great to see that a game I once thought dead has attracted the attention of another enterprising company. But then I sit back and ask myself, “do I really want someone else touching … Continue reading “MMOs: Bring Them Back, Or Let Them Lie”
It’s spring cleaning time again here at MMO Fallout, and I still have over 130 never-been-published drafts to go through. Jagex Doesn’t Understand Economics. (2010) The economy of Runescape is delicate like a flower. No, a better analogy would be a kitten perched on a clothesline above a pot of boiling water that happens to … Continue reading “Into The MMO Fallout Archives #2”
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