Everquest learned many..if not all of its lessons from Simutronics. MUD's were a great predecessor but arguably, this St. Louis company founded by David Whatley brought the 'subscribe' to subscription games. Text based, still the early GEMSTONE and later super realistic DRAGONREALMS mapped out the future for games in the ...
I wonder if it isn't becoming more dangerous to rely on retail sales figures as a yardstick for gaming. While its true that the economic downturn could have additional future impacts on gaming, what is also pretty clear is that one of these effects is a huge shift in game ...
Let's all be honest. Advertising is here to stay. When you pay your cable bill you don't complain that it has channels that have commericals right Ultimately the attractiveness of the gaming audience is the key driver here For every hour we spend playing games, its an hour our eyeballs ...
There are always options in dealing with player 'fuckwadism' in online games. The key mitigating factor is GM or host presence in games, and in games where the going in investment in ensuring a robust staff presence has been thought out and well executed, players have a more contained environment ...
