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Minor MMO design features
Minor MMO design features
It is fair to say that I spend a lot of time on Epic Slant talking about very broad MMO design theories and systems. If anything, that type of article is somewhat like a “what if” comic book and is based on an ideal that is not easily achieved. They are, to be quite honest, a form ...
Ask an MMO Guild Leader Ep 1
Ask an MMO Guild Leader Ep 1
epicslant.com — It wasn’t long ago that I decided to get back into one of the core pillars of... Epic Slant: helping guild leaders run their guild a bit better. I started up my old advice column Ask an MMO Guild Leader . The initial response was pretty decent and I did receive some questions. With any luck ... (more) Ask an MMO Guild Leader Ep 1
Wednesday MMO Reader
Wednesday MMO Reader
epicslant.com — Since my return from Dragon*Con I have pretty much been covered up completely. I’ve not had the... time to write as much as I normally do and only managed to put two articles together for this week. In addition to this I currently have no guest articles in the queue and haven’t had a ... (more) Wednesday MMO Reader
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