Last year I made a number of predictions about the MMO market for 2013. Time to pay the piper… and unfortunately he collects with interest. Continue reading
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Warhammer Online: Time for a Reckoning
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning is closing down in December of this year. It’s a MMO that never lived up to its potential or its pre-launch hype. Continue reading
SimCity: I’m Not Saying That The Gaming Press Is Easily Led, But…
Charting the Metacritic review scores of the new SimCity over time shows how out of step the early reviews were with what happened at launch. Continue reading
Point / Counterpoint: Microtransactions in Dead Space 3 And Paying For Your Survival
Did you know that you can pay real money to unlock virtual items in Dead Space 3? If you’ve played Dead Space or Dead Space 2, you probably aren’t surprised. Continue reading
MMO Predictions 2013: Morituri Te Salutant
Predicting what is going to happen to the Western MMO market in 2013 seems a lot harder than doing the same for 2012. But when it comes to random guessing about stuff I only half understand, I’m going to give it my best shot. Continue reading
Reviewing My 2012 MMO Predictions
At the end of 2011 I made a set of predictions about MMOs and the MMO industry. This is a pretty common thing to do, but I also feel I should own my predictions and actually check how accurate they were Continue reading
Virgin Gaming: Place Your Bets
Would you be interested in earning money playing video games? To place a ‘bet’ on yourself to win a game versus another human opponent, where if you do win you’ll get real money back?
Or does the thought repulse you? Can you see the problems in letting people bet money on the outcome of video game contests? Continue reading
Star Wars: The Old Republic – Our Meeting Was Not a Coincidence
Nothing happens by accident. Unless you are EA releasing a Star Wars MMO. Continue reading
Point / Counterpoint: BioWare Before and After EA
With the news that BioWare founders Greg Zeschuk and Ray Muzkya both announced their retirement from that company, it’s only fair to do a before and after. Continue reading
The New Currency: Short Arms and Long Pockets
Robert Florence wrote a column over a week ago justifying games piracy (in short: “I want it, can take it for free, so that means doing so is okay”) which ended on one of the most hilarious concepts I’ve heard in a while – a new currency for gaming. Direct from the source: “The past … Continue reading
World Class Villains 