Hi, my name is David, and I come up with too many ideas for my own good. I fancy myself a ludotopian but secretly plan on turning Corsica into an island fortress. Don't tell anyone, please.
As my adventures in Darkfall continue, so does the analyzing of its design concepts. Part 1 will venture into the systems which make players attempt to have fun, in Darkfall and World of Warcraft.
A summary of how Aventurine's indie MMOG, Darkfall Online, is currently standing. A difficult premature launch has plagued the developer with Account, Server, and Community issues.
Age is such a difficult factor when it comes to the Pokemon games. I've seen 5 year olds having fun with it, actually -getting- it instead of just pressing buttons. I've also seen 10 year olds struggle with the element chart. So it really depends on the child. I do ...
I'm not sure that there are 'eras' with lack of story in games. It's just that the games that do have good story tend to be overshadowed by the success of ones without.
In my playthrough, Dogmeat hurled itself gloriously at the Ant Queen, before being squashed like an insect. Had I lost Dogmeat to some mundane mine or random gunshot, I would have probably reloaded a save myself. I figured that Dogmeat was in a better place, though, and I will remember ...
I like the notion of Simutronics laying down a cornerstone of the Massive part of MMOGs. The MUDs I used to play were a vastly different experience from any other multiplayer game out there at the time. Typing Whois and seeing three pages worth of players currently online was a ...
