The big news for SWTOR this week was the 2nd round of layoffs at BioWare and the exit of Executive Producer Rich Vogel. I break down what’s happened to SWTOR from a business perspective and the gamer’s perspective since the…
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Mesmer Wins the BWE3 Viewer Poll – TaugVlog Ep. 1
We have a winner! Mesmer is the class that the most people want to see me play in GW2 BWE3, per the informal Twitter poll I ran over the weekend: http://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ai1ixFtN01H8dGQ0YkNCLW5ZVjlpVktGLTdfV0pvcXc#gid=0 I looked at the Mesmer talent calculator to theorycraft…
The Business Models for MMORPGs Must Evolve
Let’s review what we’ve seen in recent years. In 2008, we witnessed the failure of 2 hugely-hyped titles: Warhammer Online and Age of Conan. Mythic cut 4 of the 6 capital cities and 4 of the 24 classes just before…
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SWTOR Has Repeated RIFT’s Mistakes in Endgame PVP
It’s been a few weeks since I last posted, as I’ve been busy with corporate work and leveling up my Gunslinger to 50. I just played my 83rd warzone at level 50 on my Gunslinger, and I wanted to share…
Why Games Should Scale Horizontally Instead of Vertically
“Vertical scaling” is the de facto way that most MMORPGs are designed: gamers level a character up to max level, then they grind out tiers of gear in PVE or PVP. And if you roll another character, you repeat the…
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