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journeyswithjaye.com - 9/25/2009

Time as a Commodity

— journeyswithjaye.com — I’ve written before about how much I hate the system of leveling in MMOs. There are many... barriers in these games that prevent people from getting together and having a meaningful, enjoyable gaming experience. Of them, the level ladder is ... (more) Time as a Commodity

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eqplayers.station.sony.com - 9/18/2009

EverQuest Underfoot Launch Date - December 15, 2009

— eqplayers.station.sony.com — To ensure that we can give our players the best possible gameplay experience and the amount of... content that they've come to expect, we felt it was necessary to move the launch date for EverQuest ® Underfoot™ to December 15, 2009. Read More! (more) EverQuest Underfoot Launch Date - December 15, 2009

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blog.weflyspitfires.com - 9/30/2009

I Miss The Trains

— blog.weflyspitfires.com — One of my first, and fondest, memories of MMORPGs is playing Everquest and hearing the screams of... “TRAINNNNN!!!!” whilst adventuring in Blackburrow. That word usually meant that you either had to make a very quick exit to the zone line or face death. Ah, how I miss the trains.  ... (more) I Miss The Trains

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Daily Blogroll 9/23 – All Queued Up Edition
West Karana — ... SOE’s working on a new EverQuest, EverQuest Next. They could do far worse than to go back to basics and try to capture what made EQ special for its time. EQ has changed so much now that it’s a different game, but back then…. and as someone who last year started over from scratch, I can avow that EQ still has that same magic, if you’re doing it with a group of friends. EQ nostalgia must be going around, because Rao has got it as bad as I do. I don’t see either of us jumping back into the game, though. ...

[The Good Old Days]
The Pensive Harpy — Gestalt Mind takes us back to his first memories of EQ and how they revisit him to this day . Your first MMORPG really does seem 'magical' when you look back on it, doesn't it? Stepping out as a freshly-minted newbie in a world that seems so big and strange and cool, and your first days exploring and learning all about it. Halcyon days, those were! I think that's seriously why WoW has that affect on so many people -- the affection of your first MMO stays strong for a long time. It's WoW's fifth anniversary, and I've been in Azeroth from day one on the same server in the same ...