Disclaimer: All names are pure concoctions, its their personalities that are real: believe it or not.
Josh, Fizzlegiggle Tizzletops, the emoter, thirty-something guy who plays the off-the-wall classes, that no one else wants to play, but often critical to group mechanics. Josh is the player who just loves using his emotes at the end of every [...]
Archive for February, 2008
More Real Life Characters
Posted in Blogroll on February 8, 2008 | 4 Comments »
The A Typical MMO Group
Posted in Blogroll, tagged Gamers, Groups, MMO on February 8, 2008 | 4 Comments »
According to recent statistics released by Sony, the average MMO gamer (I assume for Sony games) is a thirty-one, with eighty-five percent of them being male, living in a standard family structure, and belonging to the middle income bracket. The image that I conjure up of this player is much different than the ones that [...]
Components vs. Time
Posted in Blogroll, tagged Everquest 2, MMOs on February 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »
A thought struck me as to how over the last several years and generations of MMOs, that have been designed, that we have moved away from component based skills and spells. Our games are now a time controlled set of actions, spells, and skills.
Remember in the days of old, when the mage required malachite to [...]