tremblinghand.net - 9/7/2008
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By now, few would argue that Age of Conan has a bright future. There are incredibly detailed reasons why AoC fell on its back and didn't get up -- if indeed it was ever standing up in the first place -- but I also want to use it as an example of what happens when fans go bad. But first, a ...
eurogamer.net - 9/3/2008
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eurogamer.net —
Funcom has told Eurogamer that an Xbox 360
version of Age of Conan will definitely be released....
"The Xbox 360 version is still very much set to happen and we are working on it," said Erling Ellingsen, chief horn-blower for Funcom. "However, there are ...
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Conan 360 "still very much set to happen" News - Page 1 ...
mmocrunch.com - 9/11/2008
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mmocrunch.com —
The great Sun Tzu, father of modern journalism,
once said in his treasured writings: start with a...
Mime and you can’t go wrong. Of course I just made that up, and I assure you that the WoW-killing Mime is not yet with us. We’ll leave mimes ...
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Hyping the Hype: From Conan to Warhammer
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Know your fanboi’s
MMORPG Games & MMO News - MMOCrunch —
... David over at Trembling Hand makes a very good case that, out there in the MMORPG community, there are actually two flavours of the gamers we have come to term as fanboi’s. He dubs these two flavours, “The Fan” and “The Apologist” - and I really think he’s spot on. ...
Developers and operators: Speak for yourselves!
Massively —
... Critics, however, are not your main problem when you, as a developer or operator are trying to manage your message and your public relations. Your big problem is apologists in particular, and more generally, people who choose to speak for you. Because if you're not going to speak for yourselves, by golly, others are going to speak up in your place. Continue reading Developers and operators: Speak for yourselves! Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs ...
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