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April 2009

Happy Birthday Free Realms and Cuppycake!

April 29, 2009

Free Realms finally opened its doors last night around 11:40pm Pacific – so technically on the 28th here in California…but close enough to today (the 29th) which is my birthday.  So, as Hartsman pointed out to me last night, I share a birthday with Free Realms.   At least I won’t ever forget the [...]

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Free Realms launches tomorrow!

April 27, 2009

Tomorrow, Free Realms is launching!  I strongly suggest that everyone give it a try, because even if it’s “not your thing” the client tech is pretty freaking badass and hopefully we’ll see it reused in a future SOE game.  This is exactly the thing that this market needs right now, so make sure you get [...]

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It's Your World! (Free Realms)

April 22, 2009

Thankfully, the Free Realms NDA has dropped today – meaning I can blab all I want about the game now.
Disclaimer: Consider me biased.  My boyfriend is a designer on the game, and I have lots of friends on the team.  I’ll try to be objective, regardless.

I should have prepared some big long writeup, but admitedly, [...]

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EQ2 waves their UGC banner

April 22, 2009

Posted on the official EQ2 dev blog, Everquest II will now have player-written books in game.
This is such a super fun and interesting idea, and is a great move by SOE.  First of all – books and collecting them are extremely popular in the game.  Second, they have a thriving community of roleplayers in Everquest [...]

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A Controversial Question – Game Design Bloggers

April 21, 2009

So, I have a question. And it might start some negative reaction, and while that’s not my intent – I just want to hear what you all to say on the subject:  Industry Game Design Bloggers.
We all know that professional video game designers who blog are a freaking dime a dozen on the internet. [...]

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Dual-Cuppy

April 16, 2009

So WoW's 3.1 patch is here and has rolled out a lot of interesting features to me – mostly, the new fishing poles and dailies, all of the new glyphs, and the ability to dual spec my character.   I logged in on Tuesday night and promptly freaked out at my UI being broken, then teleported [...]

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LGBT Game Development?

April 9, 2009

Gaming, while not usually purposefully going out and reaching for alternative audiences like the LGBT community – has done itself pretty well.  There are a lot of places on the web for LGBT gamers to hang out and read gaming news and socialize with other gamers like them.  There are guilds in most MMOs that [...]

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Everquest II Review

April 8, 2009

I don't normally blog just for the sake of linking something, but now and then I read something I really enjoyed.  Since I want to make sure others read this, check out this great Everquest II "Review".  Oliver, the author of the post, tasked himself with playing and reviewing 26 different MMOs, and EQII was [...]

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Free Realms Videos – Racing and Cooking

April 8, 2009

Hey you – everyone!  Read this interview with my sweetheart Luke, and make sure to watch the awesome videos.  I’m going to be the best cook around, you better believe it!
Free Realms, Sony Online Entertainment’s latest MMO offering for the whole family, has just gone into closed beta and we’ve been given a [...]

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Goodbye Forced Grouping

April 6, 2009

There's an article on Massively today, a subject that has been re-hashed and re-hashed.  The topic deals with MMORPG's and how they're gradually moving away from forcing players to group and giving them more and more opportunities to solo.  The article asks the question – "While this has opened the genre up to lots of [...]

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