Every time I think Jagex can’t be more out of touch with community relations, they pull another move and surprise me. As you can read above, Jagex revoked the “gold” status of a fansite after one of its operators was “discovered” to be registered on the sex-offenders list in Tennessee. So instead of discussing the … Continue reading “Jagex Subjects Fan Site Operator To Lynch Mob”
The Golden Joystick Awards have been running for 29 years, making the ceremony older than a good amount of the people reading this website. Every year, games compete in a number of categories from shooter to adventure and everything in between, with the voting determined by viewers like you. This year marks the first year … Continue reading “Nominations For Golden Joystick Awards/GDCO”
Cross-faction chat is a rather controversial topic. On one hand, the supporters prefer it as it allows for smack-talk, for role playing purposes, and general immersion and social interaction. On the other hand, the opposition believes that removing cross-faction chat keeps the less mature crowd from having a larger audience to talk to, with hypothetical … Continue reading “The Minority Rules: Bioware Blocks Cross-Faction Chat”
I’ve been working almost all day on improving the Where To Buy section of MMO Fallout, and I have some bits to point out: The Where To Buy page is now called “Game List.” This is because the page is taking on a more general focus than a simple buyers guide. The guide now displays … Continue reading ““Where To Buy” Now Becomes “Game List””
I’ve been working almost all day on improving the Where To Buy section of MMO Fallout, and I have some bits to point out: The Where To Buy page is now called “Game List.” This is because the page is taking on a more general focus than a simple buyers guide. The guide now displays … Continue reading “"Where To Buy" Now Becomes "Game List"”
World of Warcraft phasing, North Korean isn’t (?) gold farming, Nintendo wants massively single player games, Guild Wars 2 has breasts, and Darkfall’s “wipes” in this week in review.
I hope Bioware can survive its community, and I mean this with the sincerest of honesty. I’ve had a full month of experience playing Star Wars: The Old Republic, and although I sent a good amount of feedback to Bioware via their surveys included with the demonstration copy, I want to issue one of my … Continue reading “Week In Review: Too Much Ravioli Edition”
This article is entirely original, any similarities between this and [redacted]’s Fishery financial presentation are completely coincidental. MMO Fallout Year 2 statistics: It’s been a great second year here at MMO Fallout. We wrote a lot of articles, caught a lot of crab, and despite the obvious workplace issues with some trolls, some threats, a … Continue reading “MMO Fallout: End of Year 2 Statistics”
Daniel Clough is the Vice President of Runescape, probably having just recently been promoted to the position because it is once again time for a public announcement by Jagex that they will be doing everything in their power to trounce the issue of bots and gold farmers that have not only come back in full … Continue reading “It Must Be Saturday, Jagex Promises To Fight Bots”
Today I wanted to talk free to play, primarily the base that makes up the players and customers, two terms I want to keep separated for the purpose of this article. Let’s take Lord of the Rings Online as an example. A player is someone who downloads the game for free, accumulates Turbine points using … Continue reading “Let’s Talk Free To Play “Customers””
MMO Fallout 