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MMO

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Rants

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Reviews

Attempting objective and quasi-coherent reviews of things that need to be reviewed. Or not.

The Steak Just Walked Out
Wednesday, 17 Sep, 2008 – 15:07 | 13 Comments
The Steak Just Walked Out

Just when I thought I had escaped writing about Age of Conan, something as superb as THIS knocks on my electronic front door. The infamous Gaute Godager, Game Director for Age of Conan and of …

Hell Froze Over: An Interview with Funcom’s Erling Ellingsen
Tuesday, 16 Sep, 2008 – 14:14 | 29 Comments
Hell Froze Over: An Interview with Funcom’s Erling Ellingsen

Hi, I’m Daedren. You might remember me from other interviews like “Mark Jacobs: He Didn’t Call Me Back” and “Richard Garriott: Corp Por or In Vas Mani?” I write this not with a gun to …

Hyping the Hype: From Conan to Warhammer
Thursday, 4 Sep, 2008 – 12:23 | 13 Comments
Hyping the Hype: From Conan to Warhammer

The great Sun Tzu, father of modern journalism, once said in his treasured writings: start with a Mime and you can’t go wrong. Of course I just made that up, and I assure you that …

Age of Conan: A Post Mortem Analysis
Thursday, 28 Aug, 2008 – 0:15 | 82 Comments
Age of Conan: A Post Mortem Analysis

Also known as ‘What not to do if you want to make a successful MMO’.

WAR: One Night of RVR via MSPaint
Friday, 22 Aug, 2008 – 9:45 | 22 Comments
WAR: One Night of RVR via MSPaint

We’re raising the bar around here. We’ve noticed that a lot of alleged MMO news sources and Warhammer info sites have been spawning lots of generic, non-informative and highly “graphical” previews and sneak peaks at …

A Case for Sanity: Killing the WoW Killer Meme
Thursday, 21 Aug, 2008 – 9:51 | 20 Comments
A Case for Sanity: Killing the WoW Killer Meme

Hi, I’m Daniel. You might remember me from such other MMO articles like “It was great except for the Elves with 5 o’clock shadows” and “Tits and Fatalities aside, Age of Conan sucks flaccid donkey …