February 2011
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Feb 6th
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Fippy Darkpaw →
Somebody set up a forum for the new EQ progression servers.  :)
Feb 3rd
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More EQ Progression Server Details
SOE released more details about the new EQ progression server.  First, the details for those who don’t want to read: Launches February 15th Server is named Fippy Darkpaw There will be challenges that need to be defeated to unlock the next expansion, and when completed there will be a grace period before voting will begin for the next expansion.  Once a vote starts, players on the server...
Feb 2nd
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January 2011
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Different worlds, same complaints: On social games...
World of Warcraft has had phenomenal success in the traditional MMO gaming space.  The MMO industry and the players within it yell that WoW has dumbed down MMORPGs for the masses.  They want it less casual, deeper, more open. Zynga, Playdom, PopCap, RockYou, etc. have had phenomenal success in the social gaming space.  The game industry and traditional players yell that social games have dumbed...
Jan 26th
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Today in social game heteronormativity:... →
I wrote this on Monday for The Border House. :)
Jan 26th
Ar tonelico Qoga: Another game to skip over  →
A quick post I wrote for The Border House.
Jan 18th
“We iterated rapidly, but because we were so early in development and the idea...”
– - Daniel James from Three Rings on their application of MVP to Facebook games. I find this quote interesting because it’s a common problem with social games.  Finding people who love to play these types of games who also have the skill set to work on social games isn’t easy.  Taking a...
Jan 18th
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A Brief Explanation Of Why Minecraft Matters →
Minecraft is still on my list of “games to try”.  It’s cheap, seems fun.  I don’t know much about it other than it’s sandboxy and I can build stuff out of blocks.  The dedicated following of the game has me intrigued though. I definitely need to give it a try. One of these days, when I’m done with my huge stack of games I purchased during the holiday Steam...
Jan 17th
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Jan 17th
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Welcome to my new home!
I’m relocating my gaming related blog to here.  I plan to write about games, share pictures, links, screenshots, tidbits, quotes, and anything interesting about gaming that I want to share with other people.   Please, subscribe to the RSS or follow my site on Tumblr.  You can also find my RL/feminist Tumblr here. Thanks for visiting!
Jan 17th