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The MMO Times: Freedom Edition

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On July 6, 2012

In Gaming, MMO Times, MMORPG

Issue 39

Greetings Gamers! I hope everyone had a happy, and safe, Fourth of July. I don’t know what its like in your neck of the woods but around here it has been sweltering. A perfect reason to stay in doors and play some MMOs.

It has been an exciting week as Funcom’s latest project, The Secret World, went live on the 3rd. More news about Bigpoint’s new Game of Thrones project, as well as some reviews about the newest SWTOR content patch. There is some good stuff to check out this week so enjoy!

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The MMO Times: Back to Business

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On June 14, 2012

In Gaming, MMO Times, MMORPG

Issue 36

Greetings Gamers! Now that all the fun and “geekery” of E3 is over and all of us are coming off our nerd-highs, its time to get back to business. We heard a lot of cool things that are in store for several of our favorite MMO franchises as well as some exciting news about upcoming console games (ex: Halo 4 and The Last of Us – check out the gameplay video).

As we move into the summer months, when there are usually big titles released for all of those on summer vacation, we are hearing more MoP, TERA and Diablo news. We will also have to say goodbye to another MMO as another difficult decision had to be made to shutdown the servers of a classic MMO with a good six year run. Details on the SWTOR server transfers, collector’s edition pets and mounts, and the RMAH (Real Money Auction House) can all be found in this issue. Enjoy!

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The MMO Times: The Power of The Force Compels You!

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On June 1, 2012

In Gaming, MMO Times, MMORPG

Issue 34

Hello Again, Gamers! As the excitement of Diablo III finally quells, the MMO world suffered some disturbing news this past week. All of the employees at 38 Studios have officially been laid off as more drama continues to emerge from Curt Schillings disastrous foray into MMO development. Bioware also announced that they had to layoff several developers and will be performing server merges, however this does not spell doom for SWTOR. There are still 1.3 million active players and obviously layoffs are just part of the business (Blizzard did the same thing a few months ago).

Despite these unfortunate events, there is still something to be excited about for World of Warcraft and SWTOR players. More interesting changes are coming out from the recent beta build for MoP and the SWTOR devs (that are still employed) have more details of what to expect in the 1.3 update. There is also some more exciting news for RIFT fans and anyone excited about the upcoming Marvel Heroes MMO.

Also, next week is E3 (June 5 – 7) so hopefully we will get some more exciting news about our favorite games (current and future)! Enjoy!

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Diablo III Revisited

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On May 30, 2012

In Gaming

A couple weeks ago I posted my initial impressions of Diablo III and I prefaced by saying that I potentially could be writing a retraction, however that will not be the case. I feel now that I have actually spent sufficient time playing Diablo III through a couple of the Acts and I am going to stick with my original assessment.

Don’t get me wrong, I do think Diablo III is a fun game. I have played a Monk into Act III now and I have played a Demon Hunter through a couple of levels. I have caught myself trying to click-to-move when switching to another game after playing Diablo III, it was quite humorous. I haven’t experienced any of the server issues others have complained about and I have had minimal lag issues. I am also coming to D3 after playing WoW for over six years and I have never played any of the previous iterations of Diablo nor any other click-to-move MMO/game. Perhaps my perceptions are skewed as a result.

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I Miss Quake (and LAN Parties)

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On May 18, 2012

In Gaming, General Cogitation

Everyone playing Diablo III has sparked many nostalgic conversations about the days of Diablo II thrashing LAN parties. Diablo II wasn’t always the pivotal game for face smashing; Quake and Unreal Tournament were often the games I played at LAN parties for destroying faces.

All this talk of LAN parties and Quake has me wondering if people still have LAN parties? Or has the MMO genre eliminated the need to have everyone in the same room consuming ridiculous amounts of calories from pizza, chips and Mt Dew? I hope not because there was something about getting a group of friends together, in the same room, to destroy faces and laugh at newbs. I do find it ironic how those of us that were labeled geeks were considered to be anti-social when the primary attraction of going to a LAN party was to socialize, but I digress.

I was attending 1-2 LAN parties a year between the time I finished school and moved to Ohio. Granted they weren’t the kind of LAN parties that lasted 36 hours. Usually we would all end up leaving at 1 or 2 in the morning hopped up on adrenaline and caffeine.

What are some of your fond LAN party memories?

Biggs On: Diablo III

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On May 16, 2012

In Biggs On, Gaming

This post is probably a bit premature and perhaps I will be writing a retraction in the near future but I thought I would express my impressions and concerns about Diablo III. I’m sure any of my gaming friends reading that first statement are probably surprised by the subtext it creates about my impression of Diablo III.

Generally I feel like Diablo III is the bored man’s game. Granted I have never played any of the previous iterations of Diablo, and I have spent the past 6+ years playing MMO’s exclusively. Perhaps the pace of WoW and The Old Republic have created an expectation that is counter to the pace of Diablo. I am so accustomed to using both hands to play a game that I find myself trying to find something else to do while I am frantically clicking the left and right mouse buttons.

I think the mouse is part of the problem. I’m actually not a big fan of the mouse. In WoW and TOR I only really use the mouse to adjust the camera angle, beyond that I try to do everything with the keyboard. Click to move is pretty annoying and one of the reasons why I couldn’t get into other MMOs that used that mechanism for movement; then again that probably just stems from my preference of the keyboard over the mouse.

I do think it’s visually stunning. The graphics are really slick and the carnage from killing a mob (or mobs) makes Diablo III a great way to relieve stress … in a sadistic, masochistic way. There have been a few times when the slaughter that resulted from a new ability had me laughing maniacally, and I’m sure the gore only gets better as the levels get higher.

Perhaps as I level more my impression will change, but at this point I feel like I can read a book and just blindly click my way to level 60. I am pretty far behind in the Game of Thrones series …

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