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Hib in
Funcom, The Secret World, features on
August 14th, 2008
I’d like to throw something out for fun, so just hang with me for a minute; we’ll return to MMO-land momentarily. Recently, we’ve had a spate of “cryptological discoveries” in the news:
The Montauk Monster
A Texas deputy filming what some think is a chupacabra
A press conference this Friday to annouce that a bigfoot carcass was […]
By Hib in
Warhammer Online, features, guilds, mmorpg on
August 12th, 2008
In my gaming career, I’ve belonged to more guilds than you can shake a gnome at, which is a lot of fun, and an activity I heartily recommend. I’ve formed more than my share, including the gang over at Alliance of Heroes, a group I formed in City of Heroes beta that is still going […]
By Hib in
community, features, mmorpg on
August 7th, 2008
Sanya Weathers has an interesting post up over at Eating Bees about the way some MMORPG developers interacting with their game’s community on forums. (Her “25 Point Drama” is both true and hilarious.)
As I’ve said before, I’m a 20+year veteran of broadcast radio, and the entire “devs should post too” argument has a parallel […]
By Hib in
Fury, R.I.P., features on
August 5th, 2008
Cue “Another One Bites The Dust”…Auran announced on their official servers today that their PvP-centric MMORPG “Fury” will be shutting down in 48 hours. Fury had a somewhat unique approach to the MMO market, with a focus on the PvP side of the genré, almost continuous tournaments and real-life cash prizes for those that won […]
By Hib in
DC Comics, SOE, features on
July 29th, 2008
I have to warn you…I am now about to geek out for a few, so bear with me.
Okay, I’ll start with a confession…in the never-ending turf wars between Marvel and DC fans, I come down squarely on the side of DC every time, which is why I’ve been looking forward to SOE’s DC Universe Online.
I […]
By Hib in
Bioware, EA, KOTOR, Knights of the Old Republic, Star Wars Galaxies, features on
July 17th, 2008
“I felt a great disturbance in the gaming community, as if a million souls cried out in sarcasm ‘No, REALLY? I never freakin’ GUESSED!’.”
Bioware’s mystery MMORPG is Knights of the Old Republic Online.
I have a bit of a public relations background, and I’ve been knocking around the MMO community for several years now, so let […]
By Hib in
Flagship Studios, Hellgate:London, Mythos, R.I.P., features on
July 14th, 2008
This entire weekend was filled with the kind of quality “this is what some guy who can’t go on the record told me” reporting we’ve come to expect on the internet, this time regarding Flagship Studios.
At the end of last week, rumors started spreading that quite a few members of the development teams for Hellgate:London […]
By Hib in
CCP, Eve Online, features, lawsuit on
July 8th, 2008
I have an eight-year-old boy who (practically overnight) turned into a rabid professional wrestling fan.
I have a wife that loves the concept of vampires, reads everything in that genre’ she can get her hands on, and became interested when I told her that CCP had purchased White Wolf in 2006 and intended to turn World […]
By Hib in
World of Warcraft, features, mmorpg, wtf on
June 27th, 2008
Yes, there have been a ton of problems with hacked accounts in World of Warcraft, some of them due to power-leveling services, some due to talented hackers, and a few due to stupidity.
Yes, there have been attempts to combat the problem by Blizzard, with various levels of success.
Yes, there’s now a keyfob.
This means th-…wait a […]
By Hib in
Second Life, Virtual Worlds, features, microtransactions, zwinky on
June 10th, 2008
Worlds In Motion has an interesting story up today about Virtual Greats, a new company being launched by Millions of Us, an ad agency that deals with corporate and product branding inside virtual worlds.
Virtual Greats is one of those concepts that will either be a dismal failure, or the type of concept that will see […]
