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First impressions from the Age of Wushu beta

by Patrick Mackey (Dec 18th 2012 1:30PM)

When I first started playing the Age of Wushu beta, I had a lot of expectations. As I first started playing, the game felt ho-hum. It was clumsy, the translation wasn't very good, and the combat felt clunky. My friends saved an infamous IM conversation during which I expressed how the game was a ...

Rise and Shiny recap: Asheron's Call

by Beau Hindman (Jan 30th 2011 10:00AM)

This is going to sound like I'm whining, but here goes: Sometimes I get tired of playing games. Yes, yes, I know -- this is a wonderful job, and anyone who enjoys playing games and talking to developers would love it. But once in a while, when I am feeling particulary tired, have a headache, or am ...

Lost Pages of Taborea: Sandbox or themepark

by Jeremy Stratton (Nov 15th 2010 12:00PM)

Lately I've had some great conversations over on the Runes of Magic forum that have me thinking about what type of MMO Runewaker has created. Every MMO eventually gets stamped as either sandbox or themepark, depending on whether it has an open-ended environment or is filled with directed ...