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December 27th, 2007

Dragon Ball Online: Z not included

Looks like Dragon Ball is shaping up to be an awesome online game. The market in China is definitely caught up in the hype as the game has been consistently placing in the Top 15 list of most expected online games of portal 17173.com.
Check out these videos and judge for yourself if Dragon Ball Online […]

By Joel -- 1 comment

December 23rd, 2007

My World: Imperfectly Perfect

I’ve been talking a great deal about Perfect World—a massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed in China by Beijing Perfect World Technology and published in my home country, the Philippines, by Level Up! Games—but haven’t really shared much about its features.
Well, here I am, preparing to rectify the oversight in a section I’ve decided to […]

By Joel -- 0 comments

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 13th, 2007

Top Ten Thursdays: Excuses! Excuses!

Yes, we’ve heard ‘em all. Excuses crop up in a lot of MMO situations, especially at critical points of trading, boss fights, and even guild or clan wars. Here’s a rundown of the most commonly used excuses in Asian (and Western) MMOs:
I wasn’t ready!
This handy excuse is usually preceded by vigorous shouts of “Timeout! Timeout! […]

By Joel -- 2 comments

December 10th, 2007

Bad eggs and crocodile tears

I’m pissed. I’m fresh out of an argument with a clanmate in Perfect World Philippines’ Tiger Server, and it has left me seething and craving for blood. So what does this fight have to do with Asian MMOs? A lot.
Let’s talk about bad eggs for starters. Every group has them. Having them around can’t be […]

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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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December 7th, 2007

FlyFF Philippines launches Volcane Legends

Our friends in Level Up! Games, an online game publisher in the Philippines, has good news for FlyFFers—Fly For Fun Version 10, more popularly known as Volcane Legends, is now up and running.
Here’s a quick rundown from Mon Macutay, better known as the infamous GM Tristan:
Named after one of the new dungeons in the update, […]

By Joel -- 8 comments

December 6th, 2007

Top Ten Thursdays: Most anticipated MMORPGs in China

A little introduction, please. Very well. Every Thursday, I will strive to post a list of Top Ten “anythings” related to Asian MMOs, from the games themselves to gaming quirks. I’ll start off with this handy list of Top 10 Most Expected Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games from the land of my ancestors, China.
1. Chinese […]

By Joel -- 2 comments

December 5th, 2007

Hey, what’s with the attitude?

If there’s one thing that Westerners should watch out for when playing massively multiplayer online games made and based in Asia, it’s the attitude of some players. Before I begin this ghastly tale, however, let me point out that I’m not out to bash the heads in of the different races, nationalities and cultures of […]

By Joel -- 0 comments

December 4th, 2007

Chinese MMOs making a killing

This just in: The online games industry of China has finally broken the dominance of Western and Korean MMOs in its home turf—at least, according to the country’s vice director of national press and publications administration.
I won’t bore you with much details. I’ll just let this article I found tell you the story (don’t mind […]

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