The Evolution of WoW’s Behavioral Psychology
World of Warcraft launched a shade over ten years ago with typical game design motives of RPGs and MMORPGs. The reason we players kept returning to Azeroth was the simple […]
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Gamescom 2013: Blizzard Reveals Design Mishaps with Dailies, Questing & Secondary Professions
Blizzard is an incredibly secretive company. Wait, let me rephrase that. Blizzard is an incredibly secretive company about upcoming revelations. Not only does it hide specifics to the absolute last […]
Blizzard Hotfixes #1 Mists of Pandaria Gearing Issue: Justice Points Tied to Reputation
I’ve been level 90 since last Thursday early morning, and one of the first things I discovered was that I needed to grind rep up to Honored for each faction […]
Dailies – The Pinnacle of Lazy Gaming
When I started playing MMORPGs, there was no such thing as a daily quest, but as theme-park MMOs developed and became the standard, and leveling times shrunk, developers needed a […]
Illum: Back to the Drawing Board
The Warzone and Illum PvP session at the Guild Summit just ended, and while Warzones are getting lots of adjustments, and a new faction-free Warzone called Novare Coast, Illum on the […]
Global Agenda: If (Recursive Colony = True) Then Introduce It; Else Impatient++
On September 21st, Hi-Rez Studios released the much-anticipated free expansion Recursive Colony onto the live servers for its popular MMO shooter, Global Agenda. Recursive Colony is Global Agenda’s largest content […]
Patch 4.2 Overload – Armor Colors, Pets, Mounts, Models, Set Bonuses, and More
With the first version of Patch 4.2 hitting the Public Test Realm less than 24 hours ago, the floodgates have opened on tons and tons of new content to feast […]
Dastardly Dailies Demand Due Diligence
The concept of daily activities, aka dailies, isn’t new in the gamer lexicon. They’ve been around for years. I wouldn’t agree that these digital chores have been with us for […]