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blog.weflyspitfires.com - 24 hours ago
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I’m feeling that urge again. Not the type
of urge that a man gets when he’s near...
a beautiful woman but more of the type of urge a man gets to smoke a beautiful cigar. The urge is back. And EVE is my cigar. Dominion comes out tomorrow, EVE Online’s 12th free expansion and the trailer looks ...
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The Urge To Return To EVE Online
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blog.weflyspitfires.com - 3 days ago
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Although I’m enjoying my Undead Warrior (cannibalizing your
opponent’s corpse after battle is both delicious and satisfying),...
one thing I’m looking forward to with the release of Cataclym is changing race and swapping over to a Blood Elf. Oddly enough though, if you ever ...
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Blood Elf Warrior
blog.weflyspitfires.com - 4 days ago
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"Eeeya!" Thumbs up for EQ2 Professor Syp (a
wise man indeed but I have a mild inclination...
that he’s not a real professor) issued a general call today for bloggers with experience with Everquest 2 to write an article about five features or aspects of EQ2 that are better ...
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Five Things That EQ2 Does Better Than WoW
blog.weflyspitfires.com - 5 days ago
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Yesterday I received a very nice email from
a fellow called Aaron, an Associate Professor in the...
Department of Communication at Trinity University (Texas) asking for some help in promoting his research project. Being a former scholar (and easily susceptible to flattery) I, of course, agreed. ...
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Worldplay Project
blog.weflyspitfires.com - 6 days ago
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Last Friday I picked up Dragon Age: Origins
for my PS3 (dunno why but it was delayed...
on the PS3 in the UK) and thought I’d share my first impressions of it with everyone. To summarise: ’tis gud. I won’t bore everyone with the ins and outs of the game as there are plenty of ...
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Dragon Age PS3 - First Impressions
blog.weflyspitfires.com - 8 days ago
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A few months ago I wrote about how
I’d love to see a Zombie MMORPG and what...
I’d like to see in it. Today, my fantasy has been birthed as I just discovered that Jeff Strain , veteran Blizzard programmer and Guild Wars founder, has started a game development studio called Undead ...
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New Zombie MMOZ (And How I Predicted The Future)
blog.weflyspitfires.com - 9 days ago
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Had a blast in World of Warcraft this
morning when I took on Wailing Caverns with my...
new Undead Warrior along with two old friends from previous MMORPGs (they just started playing WoW). Now that might not seem like much worth blogging about except that it is for me when you consider that this ...
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Grouping Is Where The Fun’s At
blog.weflyspitfires.com - 11 days ago
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Last year I briefly worked as a designer
and developer for a Norwegian company that built and...
sold power plant management software. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the industry (I’m sure most of you follow it with deep fascination), when the majority of power companies ...
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The RMT Industry - What I’ve Learnt
blog.weflyspitfires.com - 12 days ago
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A friend of mine on Facebook told me
about Code of Everland , a new massively multiplayer...
online game developed by the UK government’s Department for Transport (DfT) designed to help children, aged between 9 and 13, gain essential skills for staying safe on the roads. Finally, the ...
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Code of Everland - UK Government MMOG
blog.weflyspitfires.com - 13 days ago
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After the great response (thanks to everyone for
all of the fascinating and insightful comments) to my...
article comparing buying gold in MMORPGs to sex in the Victorian era , I thought it might be interesting to put up a poll, asking the dreaded question directly. I toyed with the idea of ...
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Have You Ever Bought Gold?
blog.weflyspitfires.com - 15 days ago
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The Victorians were not only famous for their
prudish views on the fine art of reproduction but...
also, according to many sources, equally famous for their hypocritical acts of sexuality and plain kinkiness that went on behind closed doors. Sex in the Victorian era was a true example of ...
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Buying Gold Is Like Sex In The Victorian Era
blog.weflyspitfires.com - 17 days ago
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A couple of days ago I received an
email from SOE promoting the new Everquest 2 expansion,...
Sentinel’s Fate, which is due out in February. To be honest, I’m not that excited about the expansion because it’s just another top heavy add-on that increases the level cap and adds a ...
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Head Starts On Expansions?
blog.weflyspitfires.com - 17 days ago
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Can’t believe I missed this one. Back in
June, SOE released a documentary detailing the history and...
production behind Everquest, one of the “first generation” of MMORPGs and perhaps the most nostalgic for me, to celebrate it’s 10th anniversary. They showed it at the ...
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Evercracked!
feedproxy.google.com - 18 days ago
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Back in 2004, my average play session of
Everquest was 4 hours. Aside from any sessions I...
may be able to sneak in during the day and apart from any social activities in the evening, my usual play time was from 10pm to around 2am. This of course was the beauty of being a student and a memory ...
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Grouping Today: Accessible Or Lazy?
blog.weflyspitfires.com - 21 days ago
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So it’s official: Star Trek Online will be
released on 2nd February 2010 in the US and...
5th February 2010 in Europe (hopefully the usual head start programs will apply and us Euros can get early access along with our American buddies). Not really surprised at such an early release date ...
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Star Trek Online Official Release Date
blog.weflyspitfires.com - 22 days ago
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In a moment of utter lunacy, I decided
to purchase the Pandaren Monk pet for World of...
Warcraft so I could see what all the fuss was about and review it for my blog. It comes with a hefty price take in the UK (£9, more than my monthly subscription and about 30% more than the US equivalent) but ...
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Pandaren Monk Review
blog.weflyspitfires.com - 24 days ago
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Something SOE does quite well in Everquest 2
(and presumably some of it’s other games) is encourage...
loyalty from their player base. They have a very simple mechanic called veteran rewards which allows you to claim fluff items, titles, experience potions and the like depending on how ...
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Player Loyalty
blog.weflyspitfires.com - 26 days ago
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Of course the big news today was that
Blizzard have entered the micro-transaction scene and are now...
selling in-game pets , bound to your account, via their online store. Can’t say I’m really surprised as Blizzard have been slowly introducing more and more paid services over the ...
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WoW Pet Costs More Than My Monthly Subscription
blog.weflyspitfires.com - 27 days ago
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The original term, as far as I know
it, was MMORPG - Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing...
Game. It spawned when the concept of the RPG game was taken live across the Internet and introduced to hundreds of thousands of players in a simultaneous world (I don’t know how the term MUD ...
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What Is “MMO”?
blog.weflyspitfires.com - 28 days ago
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One of the toughest things about the MMORPG
genre is that it’s not always possible to take...
your friends with you when you change game. People tend to find a MMO they enjoy and play it over long periods of time (months, if not years) and that’s great for forming strong bonds and ...
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Leaving Behind Your Buddies
