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EQ2: The sixteenth minute — a rebuttal
EQ2: The sixteenth minute — a rebuttal
Where I live, both Burger King and Texas Steak House are in walking distance. Both serve meals, and both of those meals may contain beef. I could walk into the steak house and notice that the wait was too long, the menu was not posted prominently with pictures of the meals as you walked in, ...
EverQuest2 Revisted Part 1: Analysis of the First 15 Minutes
wolfsheadonline.com — One of the first things I learned as a game designer is that the first 15 minutes of your video game is critical. It is during this brief window of opportunity that most players decide whether to invest their time in your game. The sobering reality is ... (more) EverQuest2 Revisted Part 1: Analysis of the First 15 Minutes
Is It Cheating?
Is It Cheating?
tagn.wordpress.com — As part of Shut Up We’re Talking episode #51 , we had a quick side discussion about what is considered cheating versus what used to be back in the day of MUDs. Andrew , Frank , and I ended up in an email discussion about it a bit later, and if I got around to actually replying, it might ... (more) Is It Cheating?
Blizzard vs MMORPGs
blog.weflyspitfires.com — On several occasions whilst playing World of Warcraft I’ve made statements to guild members or group mates like “I used to play Everquest” and they’ve responded with “what’s that?”. At first I was pretty shocked. I felt like an old man telling ... (more) Blizzard vs MMORPGs
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Praising With Faint Damning
Stropp's World — ... Wolfshead also mentions that the newbie areas and quests could handle some improvement. As Tipa points out in her rebuttal to Wolfshead’s post, that actually has happened – a number of times. And perhaps they could use still more improvement. However, I’d be more inclined to ask for some improvements to the major starting cities, Qeynos and Freeport. I find they, especially Freeport, tend to be tedious to get around, and these days are not the thriving metropli that they once were. ...

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