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Another MMO Bites the Dust. RIP Shadowbane
Details via Massively. Of course it's not like no one saw this coming. –Uri
Full StoryKossacks Invade World of Warcraft!!!
by Dr. Legion, staff reporter It seems like just yesterday that denizens of the politically progressive (i.e. "communist" in Foxlish) social media site The Daily Kos invaded Second Life during their Annual Politburo meeting. That was bad enough, but now they have formed a guild in World of Warcraft. What horrors will these progressive bloggers [...]
Full StoryEVE Game Gods: Council on Stellar Management better than Reading FICky Forums
A Lesson for other MMOs?by Dr. Legion, staff reporter In this very interesting interviewon MMORPG, Petur Oskarrson talks about the EVE Online Council on Stellar Management (CSM) — a group of players elected to represent the players interests with the game company at face to face meetings in Iceland. Petur describes some of the changes [...]
Full StoryEat THIS, Ludologists! EVE Fan Vid Made of Win.
by Urizenus Sklar, from the Narratology Roolz Desk Those of you who don’t track the eggheads on Terra Nova may not be aware that there is a VERY SERIOUS debate between narratologists and ludologists. Ludologists think that MMOs are all about play. Narratologists think that MMOs are about spinning collaborative narratives. Then there are people [...]
Full StoryCarbonite Makers Cave to Blizzard Directive
by Dr. Legion, staff reporter We recently posted a story about a dust-up in the WoW community over the new Blizzard policy about addons — user made enhancements of the game interface. According to the new policy, addons can not be sold and donations can not be solicited in world. Now one target of the [...]
Full StoryPimpin’ My Crib in Virtual MTV®
Points for friending – and your chicks for free by Sigmund Leominster From the network that could be said to have pioneered reality TV comes the unreal Virtual MTV, another 3D virtual world for people like us who are trying to escape from our own versions of the Real World. This latest attempt at establishing [...]
Full StoryBlizzard’s War Against Addon Makers
You can make our game better, but you can't make money for doing so! by Dr. Legion, staff reporter Last week Blizzard made an announcement that has been causing a buzz in the usually politically comatose World of Warcraft community. WOW players are probably familiar with addons such as for Zygor Guides, Carbonite and QuestHelper, [...]
Full StoryMMO Project Entropia to Get Banking License
Real life banking license for spacebux? by Idoru Wellman, staff writer Project Entropia has long been known as a hype machine rivaled only by Second Life, and it has also been known as a de facto online virtual casino. Now, according to Ars Technica, it is applying for a banking license – as in a [...]
Full StoryShock!!!! Mid-Missouri Internet Crimes Task Force says Mayor Tortimer could be a Pedo!
Or is Tom Nook the perv? Concerned parents want to know! by Idoru Wellman, staff reporter Kotaku has all the sordid details – but can anything good happen in Animal Crossing - game that allows children to interact with complete strangers,encouraging them to exchange notes, items, and "favors" in order toreach the next level in [...]
Full StoryPlurk – Addictive Menace or Tedious Chore?
Tenshi is: trying to avoid the great Plurk web2.0 MMORPG by Tenshi Vielle Have you tried Plurk? Don't. All the cool kids are on it,and consequently, all the cool kids have forgotten any other lifethey may have had before Plurk's conception. Dishes? They can wait,someone just said they can't get into SL. I must react! [...]
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