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A Quick Jaunt in Star Wars Galaxies

Syp’s first The Game Archaeologist column about Star Wars Galaxies intrigued me. I played the game from the time it was in Beta 3 all the way until World of Warcraft was released in November 2004. I loved it. I quit because of the combination of the New Game Enhancements (NGE) and WoW being so [...]

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6 Tips for Winning World of Warcraft PvP Battlegrounds as Alliance

Since November 2004, I’ve been Alliance. What that means in regard to PvP is that I have to be better than 90% of my team if I have any hope of winning. Because of that, I realized that the following six tips really sum up what makes me better than the rest of my team. [...]

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Saying Goodbye to Your MMO Guild [Guest Post]

Today’s post is brought to you by Scarybooster. He’s not really much for playful banter and witty author biographics, so on with the post! Since the start of Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Games (MMORPGs), guilds have been there. Guilds are what players call home when they log on. Guilds are our friends and our social [...]

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The Beej Republic: Buying In?

First off, welcome to the first installment of “The Beej Republic,” an ongoing series where I will cover Star Wars: The Old Republic as it works its way through testing and into our grubby little fanboy hands. I had originally thought of doing this project as a separate blog, but talking it over with Syp, [...]

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Saturday Zen: GearScore, The Sequel

In case you missed the hubbub and fantastic conversation with my previous (and aptly titled) GearScore post, here’s your opportunity to get in on the conversation. There have also been a lot of responses written in the blogosphere to it, and all of them make pretty valid points. I hope you enjoy reading the conversation [...]

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Initial Impressions: Dungeons & Dragons Online

Despite having one of the most cumbersome names of any game I’ve ever seen, Dungeons & Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited (DDO) is one of the most unique and interesting MMORPGs I have ever played. I remember years ago when the game was announced. I remember getting into the beta test and anxiously waiting on the [...]

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OMG GEARSCORE SUX!1!11!!!!, or Why I Might Quit World of Warcraft

Let’s get one thing out of the way: I hate GearScore. I hate it. Hate it. HATE it. It sucks. It’s an arbitrary number that an addon assigns to my character in order to determine my worth as a player. Not to mention that it’s a broken system that is too easy to exploit. And [...]

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The Game Archaeologist Interviews Me About Ultima Online

Good ole Syp from Bio Break has a fantastic new column at Massively called “The Game Archaeologist,” where he explores MMOs of days-gone-by and what they meant to their players. And the first game he chose is one that is near and dear to my heart: Ultima Online. At the end of his first piece, [...]

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