Jagex Ltd. writes:
"RuneScape has entered the record books this week. The game has been recognised as the most popular free MMORPG in the world for the second year in a row, with a certificate awarded by Guinness World Records."
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Massively: We'll keep this short and sweet. Anyone who was part of the Warhammer Online Preview Weekend can join in on "Preview Weekend+." Tomorrow. That's right. Friday, September 5th, for North American Preview Weekend attendees. Warhammer Online's Community Coordinator James Nichols made this announcement today:
"WAAAGH!!!
Speaking to VG247 at Games Convention, WoW: Wrath of the Lich King lead designer Tom Chilton said that increasing the level cap to 80 with the impending expansion will allow Blizzard to better align the game's hardcore and casual players.
Two papers presented on August 5, 2008, at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association (APA) in Boston, MA (USA), demonstrated that some videogames can help improve the ability to solve problems and dexterity.
In a paper titled Children's Problem Solving During Video Game Play, Fordham University psychologist Fran C. Blumberg, PhD, and Sabrina S. Ismailer, MSED, presented the results of a study that examined the problem-solving skills of grade-school aged children while they played videogames.
The subjects (122 fifth-, sixth- and seventh-graders) were asked to play a video game that they had never seen before. For 20 minutes during the game, the children had to think out loud so the researchers could gauge how they were thinking about and perceiving the situations in the game. It was found that younger children tended to focus better at in-game problems than the older children who played simply for enjoyment. The younger children also seemed more interested in setting short-term goals than the older children.
Good News:
thisisgame.com recently uploaded Blade and Soul's first video!
http://www.thisisgame.com/board/view.php?id=181386&category=104&subcategory=
Really BAD News:
Release date will be 2010.
Most gamers are familiar with big name publishers like Electronic Arts, Activision, and Sega. But what about the development studios themselves? You know, the ones that actually make the games, not just distribute them. Behold! Here are eight of the most important ones.
"Damn, that girl is smokin... oh... that's a guy?" Surely, gamers have all fallen victim to such a scenario. Not you, you say! You're a hardcore gamer with 20/20 vision and a keen eye for Adam's apples and moose knuckles? Fine! Many aren't as perceptive, so GamesRadar has decided to highlight those brave folks who might not have gotten their sex the first time around.
This isn't simply an excuse to point and laugh at the femmy kid, heavens no! GamesRadar is well aware there's no humor to be mined from the transgendered, and that being gay is, most certainly, serious business. Nay, this article is a semi-researched, gender-bending celebration!
Destructoid writes: A woman wanted for the attempted kidnap of her ex-Second Life boyfriend has been caught after a search that spread across several states. 33-year-old Kimberly Jernigan had an online affair with a 52-year-old man via Second Life, and when he ended the relationship, she became quite distressed ... as well as demented, if this story is anything to go by.
Err nope...that's not me..
For Norris’ sake, we all know that girls play games. They play “hardcore” games, "casual" games, strategy games, adventure games, fighting games, mind games, games games games all the time every day. Can we stop with the “girl gamer” nonsense?
Of course not, at least, not until we overanalyze every last stereotype you're subjected to. If you're lucky enough to be one of these "normals" we keep hearing about - you know, people who just enjoy playing games - be glad that you can't be lumped into a rigid category like those below.
We’ve already dissected a variety of other stereotypes (with insulting illustrations!), so don’t go saying we only pick on the ladies. We love women, some of us are women. As always, we're not hating, we're just saying.
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As you know, WAR is just around the corner for the whole wide world. To jump into the bandwagon (or riding the wave), I would like to host a contest related to WAR (maybe screenshot contest). Do you think that you would participate?
p.s: Or should I post this in the forums instead?