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 […]
Questing: A Very Wildhammer Wedding
Questing is a column dedicated to highlighting the best quests in MMOGs. We’ll slog through all the horrible “Kill 10 rats,” FedEx and slow escort quests to bring you a […]
Questing: The Horrors of War
There Solidkieron was. Just minding her own business. Flogging some random mob for a “kill 10 rats” quest while scanning the horizon for sparklies in the same area. The staff-wielding […]
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 […]
Questing: Take a Bite Out of Gnaws
Questing is a column dedicated to highlighting the best quests in MMOGs. We’ll slog through all the horrible “Kill 10 rats,” FedEx and slow escort quests to bring you a […]
Instance Gratification: DDO Episode 7 – Paying the Piper
In this episode of Instance Gratifications, join the Lore Hounds for their first adventure into one of DDO’s adventure packs. We chose the Catacombs adventure pack and spent a good […]