Rex

Bringin' pain to the Bane.

I like the guns, guns, and things you shoot at with guns.

IMO, Darkfall will either be vaporware of epic proportions, or a truly innovative MMO that will blow people's minds. I honestly don't know which.

Crysis engine is correct.

I'm calling it. War and AOC are getting all the attention, but Aion will be a sleeper hit.

The vast majority of people who actually research the development of this game are pleasantly surprised. Too bad so many are just looking at a few screenshots and calling it "another asian grind fest".

I think micro transactions are ok for novelty or "flavor" items like pets, armor dyes, mount accessories, or trinkets with silly abilities. But items (gear) that increases your stats (character performance) should probably be earned in-game.

Especially in a game with PvP.

thanks! Too bad I never knew I had won anything until i saw this post! hehe. (notification never even made it to spam =(

/sigh. That seems about right though. First time I win anything, Ever, and i'm probably hear about it too late to claim the prize.

Unless there is another "Rex" here. But what are the odds of that?

I blame the Belgians for this. No one can have waffles that tasty and not be up to something.

interesting stuff. I'm glad to see blizzard to sharing of the principles that have made them successful.

I guess those sites play a valuable role. I just can't help but imagine how these virtual worlds would seem bigger and more mysterious if we didn't have all these databases and spreadsheets.

Lewis and Clark's journey would have been pretty lame if they already knew everything that they would find. Like a manual explaining not only where to go, but the exact steps they need to take after they get there.

I understand that a lot of people like the min/max game-play. But the explorer in me wishes that some answers were a little further than your fingertips.

oy... Focus groups are notorious for giving misguided direction and communicating simplistic desires. The NGE was the result of focus group testing.

It can be done correctly, but 99.9% of the focus groups that occur just set themselves up for bad information.