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Another Sign of The End Times: a Hello Kitty MORPG
Maybe it was bound to happen. From the web site: “Hello Kitty World will allow thousands of players to live and participate in Hello Kitty’s magical and cute online world. You will be able to roam the streets of Kitty Kingdom, XO Federation, and Melody-land. Enjoy the beautiful landscape and architecture of Puroland or Badtzcity [...]
Full StoryAhh, the crazy hijinks of GM created sexist NPCs
I was waiting for the situation to clarify before I posted on this, but it is really only getting more murky, and I do think it is very important that dedicated Herald readers check out the situation. Near as I can tell, the GMs in A Tale in the Desert 2 constrtucted an NPC trader [...]
Full StorySOE vs Big Mick
Mick Lite and his OnlineGameBucks site just can’t stay out of the news lately. No sooner does he reward his 10,000th customer with 500K extra free simoleans in the hardcore city of Dragon’s Cove, than Sony Online Entertainment tries to bust a cap in his ass over his sale of time cards and CD Keys [...]
Full StoryUO Player Petition: Dump Stratics
Seems as thought TSO Players aren’t the only ones who are fed up with the abuses of the Stratics Mods. I just came across the following petition asking that the UO discussion forums be moved out from under stratics control. The reasons are familiar (petition is reprinted below) and the comments by the signatories are [...]
Full StoryDragon Empires Project bites dust.
According to this report in GamesIndustry.biz, Codemasters has terminated development of their Dragon Empires game. It thus joins the great dust bin of cancelled projects that incude Ultima X, Warhammer Online, and many others. There are many interesting issues here. Will they open the source? They should. Also, if these projects are failing now, what [...]
Full StoryFists of Ham! Starring SOE
Looks like a protest movement broke out in SWG, over the following. Some players found a way to dupe credits, and then began tipping heavily with them. Rather than do the sane thing and ban the dupers, Sony Online Entertainment banned everyone who received the duped creds (even if unknowingly). Confusing charges about SOE attempting [...]
Full StorySSG Pushes for Uberguild Status
The Sim Shadow Government, which once dominated the Alphaville server and still maintains a stong presence there, continues its expansions into other MMORPGS, with plans to rapidly move into The Matrix Online. This will give them a presence in Alphaville, SWG, City of Heroes, and Matrix OL, as reflected already in their web site. There [...]
Full StoryCyberprostitution in There
Seems like just yesterday that everyone was all exercised by reports of cyberprostitution on TSO. But like, it *is* the oldest profession (if not the cyber part), so why be surprised? More recently we’ve learned about Cyber escort services in Second Life. And now, finally, There has what every MMORPG needs — a bald journalist [...]
Full StoryOMFG! EA Pulls plug on Ultima X
Wowzers! In news releases issued by EA after they pulled the plug on Earth and Beyond, EA said it was sending its E&B dev team to work on Ultima X — the much hyped 3D successor to Ultima Online. But now they have announced they are pulling the plug on Ultima X. Informed sources say [...]
Full StoryFundies as griefers?
Kudos to Betsy Book for breaking this story on Terra Nova. It appears that a Christian fundie is getting VERY zealous about advertising his faith in There. To quote Betsy: “a born-again Christian is ruffling feathers by using There as an advertising vehicle for his particular denomination. Specifically, he’s set up a large ?Sacred Place? [...]
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