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- Rise and Shiny: Star Sonata
- One Shots: Slumbering death
- The Daily Grind: What's the most insulting quest you've ever done?
- Final Fantasy XI: Seekers of Adoulin announces official soundtrack release
- Wings Over Atreia: Laying the smackdown on RMT in Aion
- The Game Archaeologist: EA's Majestic
- SOE's Smedley and Higby on PlanetSide 2's e-sports evolution
- The Tattered Notebook: Decisional paralysis in EverQuest II
- TERA outlines free-to-play restrictions in a new chart
| Posted: 27 Jan 2013 09:00 AM PST Filed under: Sci-fi, Screenshots, Bugs, Game mechanics, Previews, PvP, PvE, Opinion, Free-to-play, Casual, Humor, Rise and Shiny, Livestream  The worst part about being so lost in a game like Star Sonata is that it's very easy to see just how much potential the game has. Hopefully, this article -- combined with input from the players -- might just help the developers fix some of the very basic issues that are hurting this game. Continue reading Rise and Shiny: Star Sonata
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| Posted: 27 Jan 2013 07:00 AM PST Filed under: World of Warcraft, Screenshots, Culture, Guild Wars 2, One Shots, TERA, Miscellaneous  Anyway, John sent us in this captivating picture of a place that might look pretty in the daylight, but you probably don't want to be loitering after nightfall. "I just started playing TERA upon hearing about the F2P conversion. This is my Amani Berserker traveling through the low-level Valley of Titans and stopping behind a pair of rock giants. These rock giants are all over the place here -- I wonder what will happen if they ever wake up?" Dance party? That's my guess. See John's full-color photo in all its glory after the break in addition to other terrifying vistas. Continue reading One Shots: Slumbering death
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| The Daily Grind: What's the most insulting quest you've ever done? Posted: 27 Jan 2013 05:00 AM PST Filed under: Culture, Opinion, The Daily Grind, Humor, Miscellaneous  While the actual mission turned out to be more benign than she'd anticipated from the title, I could relate. There have been so many quests in MMOs that aren't just beneath my stature but outright mocking my status as a hero. How many times have we had to pick up poo on the whims of a developer? Or pluck flowers for Elves? Or run extremely pointless errands because an NPC has a deadly case of fat butt and doesn't want to stop watching Honey Boo Boo? So let it out today: What's the most insulting quest you've ever done? Vent! Lance that wound! Rebuff those devs who think it's OK to make a monkey out of you!  Every morning, the Massively bloggers probe the minds of their readers with deep, thought-provoking questions about that most serious of topics: massively online gaming. We crave your opinions, so grab your caffeinated beverage of choice and chime in on today's Daily Grind!
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| Final Fantasy XI: Seekers of Adoulin announces official soundtrack release Posted: 26 Jan 2013 05:00 PM PST Filed under: Fantasy, Final Fantasy XI, Expansions, News items, Consoles, Music  At this point, the album is confirmed for release only in Japan, meaning that game music lovers will have to jump through a few importing hoops to acquire it. All of the tracks on the album are composed by Naoshi Mizuta, who is also responsible for the arrangement and production on the final release. It's unlikely that this will see a full American release, but if you're willing to make the effort, you can have the in-game music follow you around as you like.
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| Wings Over Atreia: Laying the smackdown on RMT in Aion Posted: 26 Jan 2013 03:00 PM PST Filed under: Fantasy, Aion, MMO industry, Opinion, Free-to-play, Wings Over Atreia  Sports don't have a monopoly on pregame rituals. I know for a fact some folks have their own sets of customary actions that are performed before logging into Aion. These routines are as varied as the players themselves; some may grab a drink or snacks before settling in, while others may put on their lucky PvP socks. I'm acquainted with at least a few people who lock the door to keep pesky interruptions (i.e., roomies) from dog piling on them. Me? Well, I'd like to say I have a cool routine, but I don't... yet! However, regardless of what you do before you log in, there is one ritual most of us share once we get in: block the RMT spam. As much as I can understand and even encourage a wide array of gaming rituals, this particular one really needs to go. But it's out of our hands; in order for it to happen, kinah-selling must be seriously curtailed in Aion. Some players have questioned whether NCsoft even cares about the kinah-selling problem. I think the answer to that came in the studio's announcement this past week. In a bold new move in the fight against illicit RMT, NCsoft is poised to piledrive the kinah-selling population. Continue reading Wings Over Atreia: Laying the smackdown on RMT in Aion
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| The Game Archaeologist: EA's Majestic Posted: 26 Jan 2013 01:00 PM PST Filed under: Puzzle, Real life, Sci-fi, Culture, Browser, The Game Archaeologist, Miscellaneous  Conspiracy theories and paranoia were hot with pop culture in the 1990s, largely thanks to movies like The Net and TV shows like the X-Files, which had the tagline of "I want to believe." With the rise of the internet during the decade and the fantastic leaps and bounds technology had been making, people were not only experiencing new ways to play games but also growing suspicious that these tools could have a sinister side. It was into this niche that EA stepped to create an ambitious $20 million project that would fuse massively multiplayer interactivity, the growing variety of technological mediums, and conspiracy theories together. The project was Majestic, an alternate reality game (ARG) that would be the most expensive and highest profile attempt to date. It generated great amounts of interest and publicity, had a promising start, and then flared out hard by the end of 2001. Considering how ARGs and MMOs have crossed paths since, most recently with The Secret World, I wanted to take a closer look at an attempt to develop a game that would run parallel in many ways with the industry that we love today. Continue reading The Game Archaeologist: EA's Majestic
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| SOE's Smedley and Higby on PlanetSide 2's e-sports evolution Posted: 26 Jan 2013 12:00 PM PST Filed under: Sci-fi, Events, real-world, Game mechanics, Interviews, MMO industry, PvP, News items, Free-to-play, MMOFPS, Massively Event Coverage, PlanetSide 2  Join us after the break as CEO John Smedley, creative director Matt Higby, and MLG's Sundance DiGiovanni give us an early look at PS2's competitive evolution. Continue reading SOE's Smedley and Higby on PlanetSide 2's e-sports evolution
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| The Tattered Notebook: Decisional paralysis in EverQuest II Posted: 26 Jan 2013 11:00 AM PST Filed under: Fantasy, EverQuest II, Classes, Game mechanics, MMO industry, PvE, Opinion, Free-to-play, The Tattered Notebook  That's exactly what happened to me in Norrath over the past two weeks. I logged in with my 92 Sage and my 92 Shadowknight, surveyed their vast array of abilities and possibilities, and promptly threw up my hands. Continue reading The Tattered Notebook: Decisional paralysis in EverQuest II
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| TERA outlines free-to-play restrictions in a new chart Posted: 26 Jan 2013 10:00 AM PST Filed under: Fantasy, Business models, Previews, News items, Free-to-play, TERA  Founders (that is, players who had purchased a boxed or digital copy of the game) will have access to eight character slots, a special title, and a special mount. Subscribers who had not previously purchased the game will be limited to two slots with more purchasable. Of course, subscribers also get shortened dungeon cooldowns, more auction house listings, and several bonus daily items. Looking to get in on the Founder benefits? You'll have to move quickly; digital sales of the game will be discontinued upon free-to-play launch, and no further boxes will be produced, so you'll want to buy soon to secure your benefits. [Thanks to Justin for the tip!]
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