Archive for November, 2009
Jeff Strain (ex Blizzard/ArenaNet/NCSoft) made some waves last night, with the announcement of his new MMO studio ‘Undead Labs’. As the name implies, Undead Labs will be focusing on a zombie apocalypse survival MMO for consoles.
“The Seattle, Washington-based studio is “on a mission to take online gaming in bold new directions”, beginning with it’s in [...]
Filed under: Game Design, Industry | 4 Comments
Tags: Apocalypse, Jeff Strain, Undead Labs, Zombies
Dragon Age: Origins – Final Word
Finally got finished last night.
Filed under: Game Design, Personal | 1 Comment
Tags: Dragon Age: Origins, review
Navel-Gazing: Fansites
I still remember my first moderator gig with some clarity, and how much I enjoyed taking on the responsibility. That was about 7 years ago, on an Unreal Tournament mod forum with about 200 active members.
These days I’m part of a team that runs a network of fansites. The two that I am directly involved [...]
Filed under: Community Management, Personal | 2 Comments
Tags: fansites, GuildWars2Guru, moderation
Dragon Age: Origins – AI Woes
There’s no other way to put this: The AI of your companions is absolutely abysmal. I can’t count the number of times I’ve been trying to wing it through an easy fight, only to flip through my team-mates and see none of their skills are recharging. A game of this caliber having AI so poor [...]
Filed under: Game Design, Personal | 8 Comments
Tags: AI, DA:O, Dragon Age: Origins
Time to report in after a weekend spent hacking and slashing my way through the kingdom of Ferelden.
Filed under: Game Design, Personal | 2 Comments
Tags: Baldur's Gate, Bioware, D&D, DA:O, Dragon Age: Origins, Immersion
Funding ‘Free to Play’ MMOs
A couple of weeks ago I picked up a copy of the Guild Wars 2 Art Book…
… and for the hell of it threw one of the better looking Guild Wars t-shirts in with my order. Hell, why not? There’s some odd pleasure to be found in being such a devoted fan. I imagine people [...]
Filed under: Industry, Personal | 4 Comments
Tags: Guild Wars, merchandise
