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December 19th, 2007

What in a(n MMORPG) name?

Okay. So we’ve established the fact that you are a player of one or more massively multiplayer online role-playing games. What we haven’t found out, however, is who you are in-game.
No, I’m not talking about the roles you play, including whether you cross-dress as much as your character. What I’m getting at, as the title […]

By Joel -- 1 comment

December 9th, 2007

A sense of community

I can’t generalize, I know, but I just can’t help but feel that players in Asian MMOs gel better than those playing Western MMOs or Asian-made MMOs in Western markets.
Of course, I’m only basing my assumption on perception—that is, what I see and hear. I do know, however, that communities that spring up from MMOs […]

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December 8th, 2007

The Vista Trap: How to make your Asian MMOs work on Microsoft’s latest baby

About a month ago, I had the privilege of “owning” a shiny new laptop. Yeah, go ahead and click that if you want to see how good it looks and how powerful it is. Anyway, being a gamer at heart, I didn’t use it for mundane tasks, such as writing stories for blogs and gaming […]

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