The Digital Continuum: Rock Band, the MMO
by Kyle Horner 
on Oct 4th 2008 12:00PM
Fantasy, Sci-fi, Opinion, The Digital Continuum
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Reader Comments (2)
Posted: Oct 8th 2008 6:21AM (Unverified) said
1.) Gallery articles somehow manage to turn a handful of paragraphs into tl;dr. Nobody wants to click through that crap, and the photos don't on most of these don't illustrate crap.
Look, you want me to click a link several times so you get the pageviews? Put it in a pop-up window. If I'm bored enough to read this, then I'm certainly bored enough to help with straight-up click fraud while I actually read the story.
2.) Rock Band 2 already is an MMO. There's an LFG system, standing and weekly quests, PvP, rewards - they're so far ahead of the curve, they even have microtransaction DLC.
Christ, they even caught up to WoW in the print-a-useless-3D-figure-of-your-toon department.
You just want to add travel time and fantasy RPG elements to it, and it simply doesn't need it.
Look, you want me to click a link several times so you get the pageviews? Put it in a pop-up window. If I'm bored enough to read this, then I'm certainly bored enough to help with straight-up click fraud while I actually read the story.
2.) Rock Band 2 already is an MMO. There's an LFG system, standing and weekly quests, PvP, rewards - they're so far ahead of the curve, they even have microtransaction DLC.
Christ, they even caught up to WoW in the print-a-useless-3D-figure-of-your-toon department.
You just want to add travel time and fantasy RPG elements to it, and it simply doesn't need it.
Posted: Oct 8th 2008 7:31AM (Unverified) said
Actually, I'm completely against adding travel time. And while you're right that Rock Band 2 possess a lot of MMO-like features, it's still an overall locally-social experience.
You are right about me wanting to add the fantasy elements. I'm just tired of the same old approach and would love for someone to try something a little more inspired.
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You are right about me wanting to add the fantasy elements. I'm just tired of the same old approach and would love for someone to try something a little more inspired.
