On Subscription Models

I wrote about my initial reactions to AC: Revelations yesterday and how the game has me thinking about subscription models. No, not the kind that wear push-up bras and try to get you to sign up for things. I'm sure all of you gamers were thinking exactly of that. It's not like we've seen a whole bunch of articles talking about subscription games going free to play or anything. Okay, that was sarcasm. It seems like every other day some MMO is going free-to-play, or instituting a cash ...

Articles tagged with: General Gaming, Reflections

Original Sin In An RPG?

Here's a random deep thought I had today. It may not be fully fleshed out, but I thought it was interesting enough to share. I'm assuming if you're reading here, you've probably played some sort of RPG somewhere along the way. Could be an MMO. Could be ...

Information Overload -or- My Top Three

I mentioned that the MoP NDA was lifted yesterday, and floods of information resulted. On the SWTOR front, they're getting ready to release a giant 1.2 content patch. Thus, the wires I watch are blazing with the fires of fresh knowledge right now. My ...

I Hate Tharzog

If that name rings a bell for you, it's probably because you've played Lord of the Rings: War in the North. You'll recall that he's the big one, and the Dwarf is excited for the challenge. In fact, you can probably recite the entry lines to this first ...

About That Ressurection Scroll...

I don't much care for it. At least the perks. Specifically the "free bump to 80" perk. I guess I can deal with the mount. I don't know. Maybe this is a fail subject to begin with. I mean, I'm not really playing WoW. The only sort of logging in I did was ...

An Aside on Gaming, Guilt, and Productivity

And we're back. I didn't break anything on the ski trip (I know y'all were worried). I didn't log on to play anything (forgot my authenticators). I didn't blog (didn't have anything to say). But now I'm back. It seems like a per-requisite for me to write ...