Tag Archives: mmorpgs

Ack. Been a while since I posted anything, hasn’t it? Yeah. Life has a funny way of monopolizing any free time you think you have, and then you realize two weeks have gone by since your last post… ugh. Well, I’m here now, aren’t I? That’s what counts. *cough*
I used to be an avid single-player RPGer [...]

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Microtransactions. There, I said it. A dirty word to some in the gaming industry. Or maybe just misunderstood and poorly implemented?
There’s a commonly-shared belief in the gaming marketplace that games with no monthly fee that are microtransaction-supported are unpalatable to the “serious” MMO gamer. Microtransactions, which offer an alternate (or additional) form of payment to the [...]

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Dictionary: fence sitter
n. Informal.
One who takes a position of neutrality or indecision, as in a controversial matter.
Okay, I’ll admit it. I’m a fence-sitter. Every time I see a negative post about Darkfall Online (err, the easiest to find are probably over here), I see something positive written about it a day later. I was convinced not [...]

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And so ends yet another hectic week where I haven’t had much time to do anything remotely resembling blogging. Getting caught up now, since I have Fridays off to work on my own projects (thanks to my having a very understanding — and flexible — day job.)
Just a quick warning — the next couple of weeks leading up [...]

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From everything I’ve read, Darkfall Online is one of those games that you’ll either love, or hate, with a vengeance. There’s already a preponderance of vocal critics on both sides of the fence, and many of them have been around for a long time, either voicing their disdain, professing their love for, or (ahem, rightly) amusing themselves at [...]

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