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Filed under: Economy , Opinion , The Daily Grind Recently, a buddy and I were discussing the merits of MMORPG realism while waiting in the ironically named fast food drive-thru line. I’m all about the “realistic” social and economic possibilities inherent in old-school Ultima Online , while he digs the accessibility and pick-up-and-play nature of more recent titles such as World of Warcraft and, presumably, The Old Republic . About the only thing we could agree on is that there’s room for both in the massive genre.

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The Daily Grind: Want realism with that?

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Ever since hearing the news that Turbine will allow players to create mods for Lord of the Rings Online using the Lua programming language , the community’s been abuzz about what this means for LotRO — good and bad. Would this allow for the creation of game unbalancing add-ons, or perhaps the rise of a LotRO edition of WoW’s controversial GearScore

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Turbine expands on LotRO’s Lua scripting

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Filed under: World of Warcraft , Fantasy , Screenshots , One Shots Looking for a fun, fast way to get around? Well, if you were to offer us a wicked-looking rocket-powered jet ski — especially one like this with the head of a shark emblazoned across the front — we certainly wouldn’t turn it down

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One Shots: Zoooooom!

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Virtual environments have a generally poor reputation in many quarters, particularly in the mass-media. Much of that reputation is ill-deserved, and some of it is entirely fabricated (eg: by the mass-media). I have to ask, what’s the big deal

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The Virtual Whirl: Ill-repute

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Call me weird, but I am an absolute sucker for winter zones in MMORPGs. For me, the season of winter always evokes a lot of powerful feelings as the landscape is transformed, homes are a sanctuaries for warmth, and hardiness becomes a desirable trait.

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The Road to Mordor: Frolicking in Forochel

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I sit here, racking my brain, trying to think of the very first free-to-play game that I experienced. It’s been quite a long time, at least seven years. As a quick history, I started in MMORPGs in ‘99, by bringing home a box of Ultima Online for my wife to look at

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Free for All: Remembering my first F2P experiences

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Well, it’s all over after all. The evil dragon released by Blizzard has been slain by Blizzard again , after several days of people alternately cursing and staring slack-jawed in disbelieving horror. We can all go back to slaughtering Internet Dragons again, and the privacy issues are dealt with forever

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The Daily Grind: Real ID disaster averted… or is it?

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Okay, maybe we do and maybe we don’t, but there’s no question that Blizzard dropped a huge bomb on their community yesterday.

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The Daily Grind: Real ID — Do we finally have our WoW killer?

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It seems like the subscription-free bug has been catching on lately. Turbine experimented by rolling Dungeons and Dragons Online over to free-to-play, and saw their players (and revenue) jump appreciably. Now Turbine is taking the next step by rolling their triple-A MMO, Lord of the Rings Online , over to the same model.

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Blizzard not yet ready to slaughter the cash cow and go F2P

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Because I never studied nor considered studying psychology, you may doubt my words, but I will still tell you that many people go through a phase in life in which things become less shiny for them.

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Disillusionment with MMOs

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