Category Archives: Administrative
You’d Better Get Used To It
The fact that everything is run on backroom deals, or the idea that I’ll be knee-deep in Warhammer Online for the next several weeks? One or the other. Maybe both. I’ve been focusing this month on trying to get ahead … Continue reading
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Up To Date
So, my update schedule has fallen to all heck once again. In a lot of ways this isn’t really surprising. I started this blog to talk about MMOs, but herein lies the problem, Timmy: there are already a lot of … Continue reading
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The Commandments of Official Game Sites
After being forced to work with yet another site that doesn’t seem to work on a basic level, I’ve become convinced that MMO design teams actively hate people going to the game’s website. Seriously, there are certain companies (I’m looking … Continue reading
Filed under Administrative, City of Heroes, Design, Guild Wars, Sony
PAXpression
I am back from PAX, and it was a great time, even with the bouts of running around like a madman. I’ve also got quite a store of posts saved up as a result, extolling the virtues of my Massively … Continue reading
Filed under Administrative, Dragon Age, Star Wars: The Old Republic
Substance-Light
Apropos of nothing, I’ve been Sypped twice in a row now. If for some reason you read this and don’t read Bio Break, I encourage you to do so, as I’ve been a fan for some time. (Long before we … Continue reading
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So Important, I Didn’t Finish Reading
Okay, I admit it, I reference Mark Rosewater a lot. This is, as much as anything, due to coincidence. He happened to be the first person whose work I started reading that talked about design as an overarching concept, that … Continue reading
Filed under Administrative, Design
Wrong Source of Inspiration
Syp helpfully noted that Allods Online has decided to take some unorthodox inspiration. I look at that, and I can’t help but think that if they’re stealing from Evony, that whole cash shop thing must have destroyed them.
Filed under Administrative, Craziness
The PAX of Life
I’ve talked about as much as I possibly can about PAX East in terms of work-related stuff; I got three feature columns out of it, all told, which means I about break even when I consider personal expenses versus what … Continue reading
Filed under Administrative, Craziness, Events
Oh, Right, The Steak
Geez, I start actually getting linked to right before my free time vanishes like a puff of smoke? Good timing on that one, I tell you what. This blog has not been forgotten, but the past several days haven’t been … Continue reading
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