| 2006 MMOWTF Award Winners |
12/19/06 |
MMOWTF
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Dan Foriter returns this week with his MMOWTF column. Last Week, Dan asked for your votes for the worst of 2006. This week, he gives you the winners. |
Dan Fortier |
| 2006 Year in Review |
01/01/07 |
MMOWTF
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2006 was an eventful year in the world of MMORPGs, and Dan Fortier returns this week to give us a look back at the year that was. |
Dan Fortier |
| A Guild Too Far |
01/18/07 |
Casual Play
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Steve Wilson's weekly column, Casual Play, follows the MMO thoughs of a non-hardcore player as he addresses the genre from that perspective. This week, he tackles Guilds in a column called "A Guild Too Far". |
Steve Wilson |
| A Look Ahead at 2008 |
01/04/08 |
MMOWTF
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MMOWTF columnist Dan Fortier brings his own brand of cynicism and sarcasm to a look at what MMORPG fans can expect from the industry in the coming year.
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Dan Fortier |
| A Niche Called Roleplaying |
01/11/07 |
Casual Play
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Steve Wilson birngs back his Casual Play column and takes a good, hard look at roleplaying form an outsider's point of view. |
Steve Wilson |
| Adult MMOGs: Innovation or Gimmick? |
11/06/06 |
MMOWTF
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Dan Fortier looks at adult MMOs like Age of Conan and 2Moons and why this may or may not be a good idea. |
Dan Fortier |
| Affluenza |
12/13/07 |
Community Forum Spotlight
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Not to be confused with the viral influenzsa, affluena is actually "a state of extreme materialism which is the impetus for accumulating wealth and for overconsumption of goods; also, feelings of guilt and isolation from the dysfunctional pursuit of wealth and goods." In her Forum Spotlight, Laura Genender looks at a thread that tackles this interesting concept in how it relates to MMORPGs.
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Laura Genender |
| All Around Norrath - Remember When? |
10/24/07 |
EverQuest II
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Today, we kick off a new column as Adele Caelia travels the world of Norrath in EverQuest II, talking to players about their experiences. Today, she talks to folks about their fondest EQII memories, and shares some of her own.
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Adele Caelia |
| All Around Norrath: Kunark Expansion |
11/07/07 |
EverQuest II
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In her bi-weekly All Around Norrath column, Adele Caelia travels the world of EQII to speak with the players about the game. This week she asks them: “What are your hopes and expectations for the upcoming expansion Rise of Kunark?”
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Adele Caelia |
| Along Came a Merger |
11/20/06 |
MMOWTF
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Dan Fortier turns his critical eye towards the CCP Games (EVE Online) / White Wolf Publishing merger. |
Dan Fortier |
| Alts |
08/20/07 |
Community Blog Spotlight
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Every Week, Community Manager Laura Genender takes a look at one or more of the entries being created in our MMORPG.com blogs. This week, she looks takes a look at a member blog about playing alts in MMORPGs.
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Laura Genender |
| An Interview with Randy Beuhler |
06/11/07 |
Outside the Box
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Jon Wood recently spoke to Randy Randy Buehler from the Dpeartment of Digital Games at Wizards of the Coast. The two talked about the upcoming "Gleemax" website that WotC is releasing.
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Jon Wood |
| Assassin's Creed |
12/04/07 |
Beyond the MMORPG
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In our Beyond the MMORPG column, we take a look at a game that doesn't fit into our genre and speculate about how that game could be used to positively influence our genre. This week ,Donna Desborough takes a peek at Assassin's Creed.
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Donna Desborough |
| Atriarch |
02/13/07 |
Outside the Box
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In this week's Outside the Box, News Editor Garrett Fuller takes a look at a small MMORPG in development called Atriarch.
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| Battlefield 2142 |
09/18/07 |
Beyond the MMORPG
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Today, MMORPG.com debuts a new column that will see our writers give their opinions on some of the games that don't fit into the MMORPG genre. In this week's column, Jon Wood talks a little bit about Battlefield 2142 and the franchise behind it.
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Jon Wood |
| Beta, Beta Everywhere |
01/10/07 |
Community Spotlight
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New Community Manager Laura Genender takes over the Community Spotlight, and highlights the kinds of responses that beta tests can provoke on the forums. |
Laura Genender |
| Blog as Design Document |
07/09/07 |
Community Blog Spotlight
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Every Week, Community Manager Laura Genender takes a look at one or more of the entries being created in our MMORPG.com blogs. This week, she looks at someone who is using the blog system to create an interesting MMORPG design document.
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Laura Genender |
| Blog Introduction |
06/06/07 |
Community Spotlight
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Today, MMORPG.com launched our new Blog feature. In this week's Community Spotlight, Managing Editor Jon Wood gives us a short introduction to the new system.
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Jon Wood |
| Blogging on Tabula Rasa |
11/05/07 |
Community Blog Spotlight
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Continuing today's Tabula Rasa theme, Laura Genender shines her Community Spotlight on MMORPG.com user Chryses and his recent blog entry about his personal experiences playing TR.
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Laura Genender |
| Card Games |
09/17/07 |
Community Blog Spotlight
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Every Week, Community Manager Laura Genender takes a look at one or more of the entries being created in our MMORPG.com blogs. This week, she looks takes a look a blog that mulls over the idea of card games and MMORPGs.
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Laura Genender |
| Carebear Stare! |
12/05/06 |
Community Spotlight
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This week in his Community Spotlight, Community Manager Jon Wood talks about Carebears and the controversey that seems to surround them. |
Jon Wood |
| Casual PvP Still Has Some Kinks |
04/05/07 |
Casual Play
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Staff Writer Steve Wilson returns with his Casual Play column. This week, he looks at PvP for the casual player.
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Steve Wilson |
| Character Customization |
01/17/07 |
Community Spotlight
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Managing Editor Jon Wood returns this week to write a new Community Spotlight. This time, he's turning the focus onto the idea of the importance of character customization.
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Jon Wood |
| Character Customization |
09/24/07 |
Community Blog Spotlight
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In this week's Blog Spotlight, Community Manager Laura Genender takes a look at a blog that focuses on how people customize their characters in MMORPGs.
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Laura Genender |
| Churn Baby Churn |
08/09/07 |
Community Forum Spotlight
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Community Manager Laura Genender takes a look at a thread from our forums that discusses the churn of players in MMORPGs. Why do we move on from the games we play?
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Laura Genender |
| City of Heroes Sale and Age of Conan |
11/10/07 |
Editor's Weekly Round-Up
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In his second weekly round-up, MMORPG.com Managing Editor Jon Wood gives his opinion on some of the issues from the last week, namely the sale of City of Heroes and the recent announcement that a character from Age of Conan will make an appearance in Playboy magazine.
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Jon Wood |
| Combat in Age of Conan |
03/27/07 |
Outside the Box
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News Editor Garrett Fuller returns with his weekly "Outside the Box" column. This week, Garrett looks at combat in MMORPGs, specifically the comabt in the upcoming Age of Conan.
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| Community Spotlight: Member Written Preview |
02/28/07 |
Lord of the Rings Online
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This week, on Community Spotlight, Laura Genender gives us a look at a member-written review from our forums.
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Guest Writer |
| Competitive PvE? |
10/22/07 |
Community Blog Spotlight
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In this week's Community Blog Spotlight, Community Manager Laura Genender highlights two blogs with opposing viewpoints about PvE and the competitive nature of MMOs.
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Laura Genender |
| Conan |
12/18/07 |
Beyond the MMORPG
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In this Beyond the MMORPG column, Managing Editor Jon Wood takes a look at a small aspect of the recently released Conan game for the XBox 360 and expresses concerns about "franchise" or IP MMORPGs.
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Jon Wood |
| Controls! |
07/23/07 |
Community Blog Spotlight
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Every Week, Community Manager Laura Genender takes a look at one or more of the entries being created in our MMORPG.com blogs. This week, she looks at Jimmy_Scythe's blog on controls and more!
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Laura Genender |
| Costumes, Names, and More! |
10/15/07 |
Community Blog Spotlight
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This week, Community Manager Laura Genender uses her spotlight to talk about MMORPG.com user wan7830's blog that takes an interesting look at everything from costumes to names.
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Laura Genender |
| Dark Ages in the Ultima World of LameQuest |
04/02/07 |
MMOWTF
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This week, Dan Fortier takes an April Fool's walk on the wild side as he presents his weekly MMOWTF column, this week titled: Dark Ages in the Ultima World of LameQuest.
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Dan Fortier |
| Death Penalties |
06/28/07 |
Community Spotlight
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Community Manager Laura Genender takes a look at what is being said on our forums about Death Penalties in MMORPGs.
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Laura Genender |
| Do Game Companies Charge for Beta? |
11/23/07 |
Community Forum Spotlight
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Community Manager Laura Genender take a look at an MMORPG.com forum thread that asks the question: "Why do MMO companies think they can charge monthly for a beta game?"
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Laura Genender |
| Do-It-Yourself MMO Rant |
02/26/07 |
MMOWTF
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Dan Fortier returns this week to give us all an easy-to-use template for our very own MMO rant.
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Dan Fortier |
| Does WoW Teach a Kind of Racism? |
02/09/07 |
Community Spotlight
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Laura Genender takes a look at a forum thread that asks the question: "Does WoW teach children racism"?
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Laura Genender |
| Don't Fear The Reaper? Maybe You Should. |
05/25/07 |
MMOWTF
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Weekly MMORPG.com columnist Dan Fortier tackles the question of whether or not we should really have something to lose from death in MMOs.
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Dan Fortier |
| Don't Hate the Player... |
11/13/06 |
MMOWTF
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Dan Fortier is back with a new edition of MMOWTF. |
Dan Fortier |
| Dreamlords Internet Management System |
04/03/07 |
Outside the Box
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This week in his Outside the Box column, News Editor Garrett Fuller takes a look at the out-of-game online component of the MMORPG, Dreamlords.
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| Dungeon Masters, Anyone? |
07/30/07 |
Community Blog Spotlight
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Every Week, Community Manager Laura Genender takes a look at one or more of the entries being created in our MMORPG.com blogs. This week, she looks at Jesad's blog entry about the Dungeon master's role in pen and paper gaming and how that relates to MMORPGs.
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Laura Genender |
| End Game Content |
04/10/07 |
Outside the Box
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This week, Garrett Fuller returns with his Outside the Box column discussing the use of end game content in MMORGPs.
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| Expansions |
11/09/07 |
MMOWTF
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This week in his MMOWTF column, Staff Writer Dan Foriter tackles the subject of expansions to popular MMORPGs.
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Dan Fortier |
| Fantasy Games? |
01/03/07 |
Community Spotlight
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Jon Wood returns with another Community Spotlight. This time, the light shines on the Fantasy genre and whether or not we should be making MMORPGs in new genres. |
Jon Wood |
| Feel The <3 |
02/05/07 |
MMOWTF
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Dan Fortier returns this week to talk about the way that your gaming life can affect your real life and vice versa. |
Dan Fortier |
| Flair Follows Function |
07/13/07 |
MMOWTF
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Weekly MMORPG.com columnist Dan Fortier tackles the subject of complexity in MMORPGs and how flashy new features can sometimes be a hindrance to a smooth game.
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Dan Fortier |
| Flash Over Substance? |
09/13/07 |
Community Forum Spotlight
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Community Manager Laura Genender takes a look at a forum post asking members whether they would prefer an eye-candy MMO with mediocre gameplay, or a game with out-dated graphics that was deep and well designed. The results may surprise you.
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Laura Genender |
| From Sandbox to Linear and Back |
06/22/07 |
MMOWTF
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Weekly MMORPG.com columnist Dan Fortier talks about getting a balanced diet of both freeform sandbox-style games and linear progression games.
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Dan Fortier |
| Game Mechanic Gripes |
09/27/07 |
Community Blog Spotlight
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Each week, Community Manager Laura Genender takes a look at a thread in our forums. This week, she's found one dealing with the most despised game mechanics in MMOs.
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Laura Genender |
| Giv Beta Plz: A Look At Testing |
07/20/07 |
MMOWTF
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This week, columnist Dan Fortier returns to talk about the meaning of beta testing.
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Dan Fortier |
| Going Solo: The Grouping Dilemma |
06/08/07 |
MMOWTF
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Weekly MMORPG.com columnist Dan Fortier shares his own personal opinions on solo play versus group play.
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Dan Fortier |
| Gold Farmers? Oh Noes! |
07/06/07 |
MMOWTF
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Weekly MMORPG.com columnist Dan Fortier muses on the subject of Gold Farming and MMORPGs.
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Dan Fortier |
| Guilding |
10/31/07 |
Joe's World... of Warcraft
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Today, Joe Iuliani focuses his WoW spotlight on using guilds in WoW.
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Joe Iuliani |
| Guilds |
04/17/07 |
Outside the Box
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News Editor Garrett Fuller pens this most recent edition of his column, Outside the Box. Today, Garrett discusses the use of guilds in MMORPGs.
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| Guilds |
08/06/07 |
Community Blog Spotlight
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Every Week, Community Manager Laura Genender takes a look at one or more of the entries being created in our MMORPG.com blogs. This week, she looks at Bardoc's recent entry about the treatment of new players in guilds.
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Laura Genender |
| Guitar Hero 2 |
09/25/07 |
Beyond the MMORPG
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This week in Beyond the MMORPG, Jon Wood takes a look at Guitar Hero 2, a simple game that offers great challenges.
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Jon Wood |
| Happy Anniversary... Belated |
02/08/07 |
Casual Play
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This week's Casual Play sees Steve Wilson exploring the notion of Sony Online Entertainment's Sony Exchange and what it means for the average casual player.
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Steve Wilson |
| Happy Games Make Me Want to Kill |
10/19/07 |
MMOWTF
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In this short-but-sweet edition of MMOWTF, Dan Fortier takes a swing at what he calls "kiddie MMOs", friendship meters, decorating contests and the like.
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Dan Fortier |
| Happy Newb Year |
01/08/07 |
MMOWTF
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Dan Fortier returns today with his MMOWTF column. This week, Dan is making some predictions about the upcoming 2007 MMORPG releases. |
Dan Fortier |
| Hitman: Blood Money |
10/02/07 |
Beyond the MMORPG
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This week, Dan Fortier of MMOWTF fame takes the wheel on this just-for-fun column that takes a look at games that we wouldn't normally cover here at MMORPG.com. Dan's topic of choice? Hitman: Blood Money for the PC.
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Dan Fortier |
| Horror |
11/02/07 |
MMOWTF
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This week, Dan Fortier waxes poetic about bringing a truly scary MMORPG to the market and what that might entail from developers and players alike.
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Dan Fortier |
| How Do You Like Your PvP? |
08/03/07 |
MMOWTF
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Weekly MMORPG.com columnist Dan Fortier takes a look a subject near and dear to his heart... PvP.
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Dan Fortier |
| How to Kill a Giant |
05/15/07 |
Mayson's Musings
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In this edition of his column, Keith "Mayson" Sarasin takes a look at how PvP could be used to try to kill the giant that is World of Warcraft with its 8 million subscriber base.
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Keith Sarasin |
| I Have Dream |
07/02/07 |
Community Blog Spotlight
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Community Manager Laura Genender takes a look at a blog from MMORPG.com user Vajuras, discussing “Appealing to the Hardcore PvP Crowd” and "Player Run Universes".
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Laura Genender |
| Infamy in MMOs |
08/17/07 |
MMOWTF
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This week in his MMOWTF column Dan Fortier uses a piece of fiction to punctuate his views on playing an infamous outlaw character in an MMORPG.
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Dan Fortier |
| Innovation in the Mainstream |
10/01/07 |
Community Blog Spotlight
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This week, MMORPG.com's Community Manager, Laura Genender, takes a look at a blog that discusses innovation in MMORPGs.
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Laura Genender |
| Insect MMO? |
07/26/07 |
Community Forum Spotlight
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Community Manager Laura Genender takes a look at a thread from our forums that discusses the idea of an insect MMORPG, and the idea that the setting doesn't matter, it's features that are key.
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Laura Genender |
| Instancing |
07/18/07 |
Community Forum Spotlight
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Community Manager Laura Genender takes a look at a thread from our forums that discusses instancing in MMORPGs.
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Laura Genender |
| Interchangeable Alternate Lives and Stuff |
03/26/07 |
MMOWTF
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Dan Fortier returns this week to talk about Alternate Accounts in MMORPGs.
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Dan Fortier |
| It's the End of the World |
12/28/07 |
MMOWTF
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In his MMOWTF column this week, Dan Fortier takes a look back at the year 2007 and some of the news stories that dominated MMO headlines.
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Dan Fortier |
| Joe's World (of Warcraft) - Shattrath |
09/26/07 |
World of Warcraft
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MMORPG.com Staff Writer Joe Iuliani has been playing Blizzard's World of Warcraft since Beta. Today, we kick off a new weekly column focusing on all aspects of the game's past, present and future. In this edition, Joe talks about Shattrath.
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Joe Iuliani |
| Joe's World... of Warcraft: Keeping the WOW in WoW |
10/03/07 |
World of Warcraft
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This week, in his World of Warcraft editorial, Joe Iuliani poses the question: What keeps players interested in playing WoW and what draws new players to a game where so many people have already reached max level?
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Joe Iuliani |
| Joe's World... of Warcraft: Keeping the Wow in WoW: Seasonal Questing |
10/10/07 |
World of Warcraft
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Each week, MMORPG.com writer Joe Iuliani gives us his thoughts on what's going on in WoW. Recently, he's been examining some of the things that keep players entertained in-game even after years of playing. This week, he looks at seasonal questing.
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Joe Iuliani |
| Journeys and Destinations |
11/29/07 |
Community Forum Spotlight
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In this Community Forum Spotlight, Community Manager Laura Genender takes a look at whether or not the art of the journey is lost in today's mad scramble to hit max level.
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Laura Genender |
| Keeping the Wow in WoW: Trapped in Outland |
10/16/07 |
Joe's World... of Warcraft
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This week, Joe Iuliani sets his sights on on ways that Blizzard can get level 70 players back into their home areas.
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Joe Iuliani |
| Lax on the HaXzors? |
03/12/07 |
MMOWTF
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Dan Fortier returns this week to talk about his opinions of MMORPG cheating.
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Dan Fortier |
| Lessons Not Learned |
10/16/06 |
MMOWTF
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In the first edition of a new weekly column, Dan Fotier looks at Dark and Light. |
Dan Fortier |
| Linear Systems |
04/16/07 |
MMOWTF
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This week, Dan Fortier takes a look at linear systems as a trend in MMORPGs.
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Dan Fortier |
| Lord of the Rings Online: Founder's System |
02/20/07 |
Outside the Box
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This week in Outside the Box, Garrett Fuller looks at Turbine's Founder's System that has been put in place as a pricing system for their upcoming Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar.
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| Lowbies of the World Unite |
12/28/06 |
Casual Play
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Steve Wilson returns with his Casual Play column. This week, Steve talks about the "lowbie experience", not playing to max level, but playing a variety of characters to mid-level in an MMO. |
Steve Wilson |
| Lowering the Bar |
04/12/07 |
Casual Play
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This week, Casual Play's Steve Wilson talks about the idea of certain games "lowering the bar" for what we expect from an MMORPG.
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Steve Wilson |
| Mature Ratings |
10/26/07 |
MMOWTF
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In this week's MMOWTF column, Dan Fortier takes on the ESRB's "Mature" rating and suggests that there is very little mature about an M-rated game.
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Dan Fortier |
| MMO-holic: The Architecture of Addiciton |
01/15/07 |
MMOWTF
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Dan Fortier returns this week to talk about his take on the idea of MMO addiction.
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Dan Fortier |
| MMOs Could Learn A Lesson From GTA |
03/29/07 |
Casual Play
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Steve Wilson returns this week with his Casual Play column. Today, he tackles the successes of Grand Theft Auto, and looks at what the MMO industry could have learned from that hit game.
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Steve Wilson |
| MMOWTF Award Winners |
12/21/07 |
MMOWTF
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Last week, Dan Foriter opened up voting on the worst games of 2007. Today, he posts the results along with his own picks.
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Dan Fortier |
| MMOWTF Awards |
12/14/07 |
MMOWTF
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Dan Fortier, being the rabble-rouser that he is, has opened the voting on his own awards to coincide with our Reader's Choice Awards. The MMOWTF Awards celebrate and glorify all that you, the MMOWTF readers, hated about 2007.
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Dan Fortier |
| Mob Mentality |
11/30/07 |
MMOWTF
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In this week's MMOWTF, Dan Fortier tackles the issue of monster AI in MMORPGs. Fortier feels that monsters today just don't have the intelligence to pose a real challenge to human players.
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Dan Fortier |
| More of the Same |
01/25/07 |
Casual Play
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Steve Wilson returns this week to talk a little bit more about the topic that seems to be on the mind of many Casual Gamers, The Burning Crusade. Wilson gives us a breakdown of what this game has to offer a non-hardcore audience.
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Steve Wilson |
| My Ideal MMORPG |
11/28/06 |
Community Spotlight
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Community Manager Jon Wood takes to the boards and introduces this weekly feature where he looks at what you - the community - has said. |
Jon Wood |
| Nerfronomicon |
06/15/07 |
MMOWTF
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Weekly MMORPG.com columnist Dan Fortier uses this week's edition of MMOWTF to talk about Nerfing in MMORPGs.
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Dan Fortier |
| Neverwinter Nights: What's in it for MMOs? |
10/23/07 |
Beyond the MMORPG
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This week in Beyond the MMORPG, Dan Fortier steps out of his usual mud-slinging role to talk about Neverwinter Nights and elements from that game that could be of use in the modern MMO.
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Dan Fortier |
| OMG CSRs!! |
10/30/06 |
MMOWTF
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Dan Fortier's latest column looks at customer service in MMORPGs. |
Dan Fortier |
| One Shot Wonders: The Art of Stealth |
09/21/07 |
MMOWTF
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This week, Dan Fortier takes a hard look at stealth in MMORPGs in the most recent incarnation of his weekly column, MMOWTF. |
Dan Fortier |
| Online Friends |
01/03/08 |
Community Spotlight
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Community Manager Laura Genender takes a look at the concept of online friends and looks at a forum post that brings to question the concept of friendships in MMOs, and what communities best foster these long-lasting relationships.
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Laura Genender |
| Organize Before They Rise! |
11/07/06 |
Behind the Online
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Dave looks at what he wants from a zombie MMO and some that already exist. |
Dave Bonnewell |
| Patch 2.3 |
11/14/07 |
Joe's World... of Warcraft
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IN this World of Warcraft column this week, Jo Iuliani takes a quick look at patch 2.3 and gives his impressions.
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Joe Iuliani |
| Perma-Death Becomes Her |
02/16/07 |
Community Spotlight
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Each Week, Community Manager Laura Genender writes a column where she takes a look at an interesting topic that has recently cropped up on our boards. This week, her Community Spotlight shines on Perma-Death.
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Laura Genender |
| Pirates of the Burning Sea: A Guided Tour |
10/09/07 |
Pirates of the Burning Sea
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Community Manager, Laura Genender was in San Francisco recently, to attend Sony Online Entertainment's "Step Into Fall" event where she had the chance to take a guided tour of Pirates of the Burning Sea. |
Laura Genender |
| Players Vs. Devs |
02/01/07 |
Community Spotlight
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Community Manager Laura Genender returns with a new Community Spotlight. This time, she's tackling the issue of what players want compared to what is possible for the developers to create.
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Laura Genender |