In the midst of all the existing and upcoming Fantasy based MMO’s, it’s easy to get lost in new features and cutting-edge expectations that might put game X over another title. For an avid PVPer …

It’s hard to try and delve into a subject as controversial as chauvinism or sexism without pissing a lot of people off almost immediately. I guess a good place to start is why I would …

While in the recent months I’ve expressed my dissatisfaction with the possibility of yet another Medieval/Fantasy sort of MMO, I’m also a believer if you do something, you should do it right. Today’s discussion is …

Artificial Intelligence. In MMO’s, it refers to the behavior of NPC’s/MOBS – basically, the stuff you’ll be fighting. Current implementations of this behavior, or AI, is almost embarrassing to reference. While gaming AI in general …

Static spawn points can be summarized as “Locations in a virtual world where an object or entity is born.” The dynamic behind this is vital for a persistent world to provide constant things to gather, …

It constantly amazes me how easily a character can die in most, if not all, current MMORPG’s. Whoever originally thought up the system “Player gets to 0 hit points, dies instantly” system really must have …