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The Daily Grind: Does gamification stymie your roleplay?

by Jef Reahard (May 6th 2013 8:00AM)

Some colleagues and I were discussing roleplay in MMOs the other day, and the conversation briefly touched on our preferences for MMOs as games or MMOs as virtual worlds. One of my co-workers explained that mass gamification and an inability to affect the world or other players isn't a detriment to ...

The Daily Grind: Which game world do you love the best?

by Justin Olivetti (Mar 20th 2013 8:00AM)

The game world can be a magical, wondrous place, and it can be a mechanical, sterile gaming experience. The difference between the two types is both subtle and clearly apparent for me. I've been in MMOs where the world is just a stage where props have been thrown around to provide a basic, ...

Put your Age of Wushu avatar to work while you're offline

by Jef Reahard (Mar 12th 2013 11:00AM)

When you log off from your favorite MMO, does your avatar dream? Maybe, but when you log off from Age of Wushu, your character continues to be an active participant in the wuxia-drenched fantasy world. Many of the NPCs that you see milling about the game's cities and towns are in fact offline ...